Slackware 9.0 / current : WU-FTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-03)

Upgraded WU-FTPD packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and - -current. These fix a problem where an attacker could use a specially crafted filename in conjunction with WU-FTPD's conversion feature mostly used to compress files, or produce tar archives to execute arbitrary commands on the serve...

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 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 / 9.1 / current : lha update in bin package (SSA:2004-125-01)

New bin- packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix buffer overflows and directory traversal vulnerabilities in the 'lha' archive utility. Sites using 'lha' should upgrade to the new bin package right away. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs security update (SSA:2003-345-01)

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 deals with the use of CVS as a server. A security problem which could allow an attacker to create directories and possibly...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : apache security update (SSA:2003-308-01)

Apache httpd is a hypertext transfer protocol server, and is used by over two thirds of the Internet's web sites. Upgraded Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix local vulnerabilities that could allow users who can create or edit Apache config files to...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : ncftp (SSA:2005-135-02)

New ncftp packages are available for Slackware 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 2005-135-02. The text itself is copyright C...

Slackware 9.1 / current : utempter security update (SSA:2004-110-01)

New utempter packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a security issue. Slackware 9.1 was the first version of Slackware to use the libutempter library, and earlier versions of Slackware are not affected by this issue The utempter package provides a utility and shared library...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : lftp security update (SSA:2003-346-01)

lftp is a file transfer program that connects to other hosts using FTP, HTTP, and other protocols. A security problem with lftp has been corrected with the release of lftp-2.6.10. New packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. Any sites using lftp should upgrade to the new...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : GAIM security update (SSA:2004-026-01)

GAIM is a GTK2-based Instant Messaging IM client. New GAIM packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. 12 vulnerabilities were found in the instant messenger GAIM that allow remote compromise. All sites using GAIM should upgrade to these new packages. These are based on GAIM 0.75...

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 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 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : new mod_ssl packages (SSA:2004-207-02)

New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a security issue. A format string vulnerability in modproxy hook functions could allow an attacker to run code as the modssl user. Sites using modssl should upgrade be sure to back up your existing key files...

Slackware 9.0 : mod_ssl RSA blinding fixes (SSA:2003-141-05)

An upgrade for modssl to version 2.8.141.3.27 is now available. This version provides RSA blinding by default which prevents an extended timing analysis from revealing details of the secret key to an attacker. Note that this problem was already fixed within OpenSSL, so this is a 'double fix'. Wit...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)

Upgraded ProFTPD packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a security issue where an attacker could gain a root shell by downloading a specially crafted file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libtiff (SSA:2004-305-02)

New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues that could lead to application crashes, or possibly execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin we...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : CUPS DoS vulnerability fixed (SSA:2003-149-01)

Upgraded CUPS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix a denial of service attack vulnerability. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2003-149-01. The...

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 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...