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[PATCH] gnu: libx11: Replace with 1.6.6 [security fixes].

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: 32508 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
Subject: [bug#32508] [PATCH] gnu: libx11: Replace with 1.6.6 [security fixes].
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:59:47 +0200

This fixes CVE-2018-14599, CVE-2018-14600, and CVE-2018-14598.

* gnu/packages/xorg.scm (libx11)[replacement]: New field.
(libx11-1.6.6): New public variable.
---
 gnu/packages/xorg.scm | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 0a78b8ee7..f67206454 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -5239,6 +5239,7 @@ draggable titlebars and borders.")
   (package
     (name "libx11")
     (version "1.6.5")
+    (replacement libx11-1.6.6)
     (source
       (origin
         (method url-fetch)
@@ -5268,6 +5269,18 @@ draggable titlebars and borders.")
     (description "Xorg Core X11 protocol client library.")
     (license license:x11)))
 
+;; Replacement package to fix multiple security bugs:
+;; <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/146>.
+(define-public libx11-1.6.6
+  (package/inherit libx11
+   (version "1.6.6")
+   (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "mirror://xorg/individual/lib/libX11-"
+                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
+             (sha256
+              (base32 "0ks1mxlda7nxfmffihi15ljsn50q8dknl33i2xag8xzc80fiizk5"))))))
+
 ;; packages of height 5 in the propagated-inputs tree
 
 (define-public libxcursor
-- 
2.18.0

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