Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : OpenSSH updated again (SSA:2003-260-01)

Upgraded OpenSSH 3.7.1p1 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and -current. These fix additional buffer management errors that were not corrected in the recent 3.7p1 release. The possibility exists that these errors could allow a remote exploit, so we recommend all sites running OpenSSH...

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 / current : alternate samba package for Slackware 10.0 (SSA:2004-208-01)

It was pointed out that the new Samba packages for Slackware 10.0 and -current have a dependency on libattr.so that wasn't in the previous packages. Since it's not the intent to introduce new requirements in security patches especially for stable versions, an alternate version of the samba packag...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : inetd DoS patched (SSA:2003-251-01)

Upgraded inetd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a previously hard-coded limit of 256 connections-per-minute, after which the given service is disabled for ten minutes. An attacker could use a quick burst of connections every ten minutes to effectively disabl...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.1 / current : CUPS DoS (SSA:2004-266-01)

New CUPS packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a denial of service issue where a malformed packet can crash the CUPS server. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : INN security update (SSA:2004-014-02)

INN InterNetNews is used to run a news NNTP server. New INN packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These have been upgraded to inn-2.4.1 to fix a potentially exploitable buffer overflow. All sites running INN should upgrade. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : java (jre, j2sdk) (SSA:2005-170-01)

Sun has released a couple of security advisories pertaining to both the Java Runtime Environment and the Standard Edition Development Kit. These could allow applets to read or write to local files. For more details, Sun's advisories may be found here:...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : rsync update (SSA:2004-124-01)

New rsync packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. When running an rsync server without the chroot option it is possible for an attacker to write outside of the allowed directory. Any sites running rsync in that mode should upgrade right away and...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2005-162-01)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some minor 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 fro...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.1 / current : Mozilla (SSA:2004-223-01)

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a number of security issues. Slackware 10.0 and -current were upgraded to Mozilla 1.7.2, and Slackware 9.1 was upgraded to Mozilla 1.4.3. As usual, new versions of Mozilla require new versions of things that link with...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : Mozilla/Firefox (SSA:2005-135-01)

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 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 is Firefox in Slackware...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : rsync (SSA:2004-285-01)

New rsync 2.6.3 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to a fix security issue when rsync is run as a non-chrooted server. %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 : Python SimpleXMLRPCServer module (SSA:2005-111-02)

New Python packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue in the SimpleXMLRPCServer library module. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware...

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 ...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : Kernel security update (SSA:2004-006-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current. The 9.1 and -current kernels have been upgraded to 2.4.24, and a fix has been backported to the 2.4.21 kernels in Slackware 9.0 to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to ga...

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 9.0 : 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 : libpng (SSA:2004-222-01)

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. These issues could cause program crashes, or possibly allow arbitrary code embedded in a malicious PNG image to execute. The PNG library is widely used within the system, so all sites should...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed (SSA:2003-260-02)

The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current have been patched to fix security problems. These issues seem to be remotely exploitable, so all sites running sendmail should upgrade right away. Sendmail's 8.12.10 announcement may be found here: http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 : PHP packages updated again for 8.1, 9.0, 9.1 (SSA:2005-192-02)

Sorry folks, I mistakenly used a build template that was too new to build the first round of PHP packages for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and 9.1, which tried to place the module in /usr/libexec/apache older versions of Slackware use /usr/libexec instead, and tried to link to incorrect libraries and...