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4. What's new in 3.3.2 patch 1?

3.3.2 patch 1 (aka 3.3.2.1) fixes some security bugs, and some bugs in xterm. The security bugs fixed are buffer overruns in xterm related to the inputMethod, preeditType, and *Keymap resources, and buffer overruns in the Xaw library related to the inputMethod and preeditType resources. The xterm problem represents a security vulnerability for any platform where xterm is installed setuid-root (as is the case for all XFree86 platforms). The Xaw problem represents a security vulnerability for any setuid-root program that uses the Xaw library (including xterm).

The other xterm bugs fixed are:


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