Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : BitchX security fixes (SSA:2003-141-02)

New BitchX packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. BitchX is an IRC Internet Relay Chat client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause BitchX to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running BitchX. All sites running BitchX a...

Slackware 8.1 : Slackware 8.1 kernel security update (SSA:2004-008-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current SSA:2004-006-01. Sites running...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : nfs-utils packages replaced (SSA:2003-195-01b)

New nfs-utils packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to replace the ones that were issued yesterday. A bug in has been fixed in utils/mountd/auth.c that could cause mountd to crash. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks i...

Slackware 9.1 / current : xine-lib update (SSA:2004-124-03)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a security issue where playing a specially crafted Real RTSP stream could run malicious code as the user playing the stream. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in th...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sudo (SSA:2005-172-01)

New Sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. A race condition could allow a user with Sudo privileges to run arbitrary commands. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libpng update (SSA:2004-124-04)

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network services are linked with it. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Slackware 9.0 : quotacheck security fix in rc.M (SSA:2003-141-06)

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo 'Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugM' /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : new samba packages (SSA:2004-207-01)

New samba packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-207-01. The text itself is...

Slackware 9.1 / current : kernel security updates (SSA:2004-119-01)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages including alsa-driver, and a new version of the hotplug package for Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 and 2.6.x kernel modules. The most serio...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.1 / current : Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird (SSA:2005-085-01)

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix various security issues and bugs. See the Mozilla site for a complete list of the issues patched: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlMo zilla Also updated are Firefox and...

Slackware 10.0 / current : Mozilla (SSA:2004-266-03)

New Mozilla 1.7.3 packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-266-03. The text itself is copyright C...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs (SSA:2004-140-01)

New cvs packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : EPIC4 security fixes (SSA:2003-141-01)

New EPIC4 packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. EPIC4 is an IRC Internet Relay Chat client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause EPIC4 to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running EPIC4. All sites running EPIC4 are...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : fetchmail security update (SSA:2003-300-02)

Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility. Upgraded fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially crafted email could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from downloading or forwarding their email. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : zlib DoS (SSA:2005-189-01)

New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. zlib 1.1.x is not affected. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim updated again (SSA:2004-240-01)

A couple of bugs were found in the gaim 0.82 release, and gaim-0.82.1 was released to fix them. In addition, gaim-encryption-2.29 did not work with gaim-0.82 due to changes in the header files, so the gaim-encryption plugin has also been updated to gaim-encryption-2.30. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2004-239-01)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix several security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP (SSA:2005-192-01)

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue with the PEAR XMLRPC class that allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary PHP code. Sites that make use of this PHP library should upgrade to the new PHP package right away, or may instead...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : kernel DoS (SSA:2004-167-01)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Without a patch to asm-i386/i387.h, a local user can crash the machine. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugi...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : apache, mod_ssl, php (SSA:2004-299-01)

New apache and modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. Apache has been upgraded to version 1.3.32 which fixes a heap-based buffer overflow in modproxy. modssl was upgraded from version modssl-2.8.19-1.3.31 to version 2.8.21-1.3.32 whic...