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 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 / 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 : getmail (SSA:2004-278-01)

New getmail packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a security issue. If getmail is used as root to deliver to user owned files or directories, it can be made to overwrite system files. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and packag...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : kdepim security update (SSA:2004-014-01)

New kdepim packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and 9.1 to fix a security issue with .VCF file handling. For Slackware -current, a complete upgrade to kde-3.1.5 is available. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

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...

SSA-18695 mutt remote exploit patched

An exploitable overflow has been found in the address handling code of the mutt mail client version 1.2.5i supplied with Slackware 8.0. A new mutt-1.2.5.1 has been released which addresses this problem, and packages are now available for Slackware 8.0 and -current. We urge all Slackware users to...

SSA-18707 New DHCP packages available

New DHCP packages are available for Slackware 8.1 and -current to fix buffer overflow security problems. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated and is no longer used after a revamping of the Slackware generator. Disabled on 2011/05/27. This script was automatically...

SSA-18708 New CVS packages available

New cvs packages are available to fix a security vulnerability. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated and is no longer used after a revamping of the Slackware generator. Disabled on 2011/05/27. This script was automatically generated from a Slackware Security Advisory ...

Slackware 10.0 / current : zlib DoS (SSA:2004-278-02)

New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix a possible denial of service security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-278-02. The text...

SSA-18706 Security updates for Slackware 8.1

Several security updates are now available for Slackware 8.1, including updated packages for Apache, glibc, modssl, openssh, openssl, and php. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated and is no longer used after a revamping of the Slackware generator. Disabled on...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2005-121-02)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. The xine frontends have also been upgraded. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisor...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs security update (SSA:2004-108-02)

CVS is a client/server version control system. As a server, it is used to host source code repositories. As a client, it is used to access such repositories. This advisory affects both uses of CVS. A security problem which could allow a server to create arbitrary files on a client machine, and...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : tcpdump denial of service (SSA:2004-108-01)

Upgraded tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix denial-of-service issues. Sites using tcpdump should upgrade to the new packages. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fro...

Slackware 9.0 : GnuPG key validation fix (SSA:2003-141-04)

A key validation bug which results in all user IDs on a given key being treated with the validity of the most-valid user ID on that key has been fixed with the release of GnuPG 1.2.2. We recommend sites using GnuPG upgrade to this new package. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : kdelibs (SSA:2004-238-01)

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current to fix security issues with URI handling. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-238-01. The text itself...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2005-111-03)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 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 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP (SSA:2005-095-01)

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 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 2005-095-01. The text itself is...

Slackware 9.0 / current : unzip vulnerability patched (SSA:2003-237-01)

Upgraded infozip packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a specially crafted archive may overwrite files including system files anywhere on the filesystem upon extraction by a user with sufficient permissions. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

SSA-2003-213-01 Sendmail buffer overflow fixed (NEW)

Sendmail buffer overflow fixed NEW The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 have been patched to fix a security problem. Note that this vulnerablity is NOT the same one that was announced on March 3rd and requires a new fix. All sites running sendmail should upgrade. More information ...