Changeset c8a70a5

Timestamp:

03/04/2015 03:27:20 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 7.10, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

5a87e66d

Parents:

9b175e2

Message:

Fix a security issue in elfutils identified upstream.
Update Software Rasterizer in xorg config section.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@15604 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/elfutils.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• x/installing/xorg-config.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/elfutils.xml

@@ -86 +86 @@
 
 <!-- don't disable static libs, disable-static switch doesn't work anyways -->
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix="eu-" &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>sed -e '/*runp =/,+2d'                           \
+    -e '/runp +=/s/r.*;/*runp++ = '\0';/'        \
+    -i libelf/elf_begin.c                        &amp;&amp;
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix="eu-" &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -111 +115 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para>
+      <command>sed ... libelf/elf_begin.c</command>: This command fixes a
+      potiential vulnerability identified upstream.
+    </para>
 
     <para>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -47 +47 @@
       <para>March 3rd, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add a sed to elfutils to fix a potential
+          security flaw.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Archive Xorg Cirrus Driver.</para>

x/installing/xorg-config.xml

@@ -123 +123 @@
     </para>
 
-<screen><computeroutput>OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
-OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on NVA8
+<screen><computeroutput>OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
+OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 3.5, 256 bits)
 OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.4.5</computeroutput></screen>