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 9.0 / 9.1 / current : mc (SSA:2004-136-01)

New mc packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix security issues that These could lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code as the user running mc. Sites that use mc should upgrade to the new mc package. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security,...

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 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 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 / current : nfs-utils off-by-one overflow fixed (SSA:2003-195-01)

New nfs-utils packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix an off-by-one buffer overflow in xlog.c. Thanks to Janusz Niewiadomski for discovering and reporting this problem. The CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project has assigned the identification number...

Slackware 10.0 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2004-266-04)

New xine-lib 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 2004-266-04. The text itself is copyright C...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sox (SSA:2004-223-03)

New sox packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix buffer overflow security issues that could allow a malicious WAV file to execute arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

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...

PHP packages updated again for 8.1, 9.0, 9.1

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...

PHP

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...

zlib DoS

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. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

sudo

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. For more details, see: http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/alerts/pathrace.html Here are the details from th...

java (jre, j2sdk)

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:...

gaim

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. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.3.1 and...

Berlios GPSD 1.91-1 < 2.7-2 - Format String

require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 'Berlios GPSD Format String Vulnerability', 'Description' = %q This module exploits a format string vulnerability in the Berlios GPSD server. This vulnerability was discovered by Kevin Finisterre. , 'Author' = 'Yann Senotier ' , 'License' = MSFLICENSE, 'Versio...

(FALSE ALARM ON) ncftp

Hey folks, An advisory recently went out on NcFTP, but it appears that the issue in question was fixed long ago in version 3.1.5, released on 2002-10-13. I received an email at [email protected] from a well-meaning user informing me that 3.1.9 had a security issue that was going unpatched: I...

ncftp

New ncftp packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found on the NcFTP site: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/changelog.html3.1.5 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:...

Mozilla/Firefox

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.htmlMozilla Also updated is Firefox in Slackware...

gaim

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. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.3.0. This fixe...