rbistolfi has packaged an updated version of xterm for VL 5.9 and VL 5.9.1. This package is a security patch. For details see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2383 Security conscious users may wish to upgrade immediately. This package will be moved to patches as soon as we have adequate user testing.
Package: xterm-241-i486-1_slack12.0.tlz
MD5: 8f9b543a0391509da6f733c55c62dde8
Package Size: 198K
Installed Size: 480K
Sources:
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/source/testing/x/xtermxterm: xterm (terminal emulator for X)
xterm:
xterm: The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.
xterm: It provides DEC VT102/VT220 (VTxxx) and Tektronix 4014 compatible
xterm: terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly.
xterm:
xterm:
xterm:
xterm:
xterm:
xterm:
After testing this package please return to this thread and let us know how it works for you.
