Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : mutt security update (SSA:2004-043-01)

Mutt is a text-based program for reading electronic mail. New mutt packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These have been upgraded to version 1.4.2i to fix a buffer overflow that could lead to a machine compromise. All sites using mutt should upgrade to the new mutt...

Slackware 9.1 / current : xine security update (SSA:2004-111-01)

New xine packages are available for Slackware 9.1 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 2004-111-01. The text itself is copyright C Slackware...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs (SSA:2004-161-01)

New cvs packages that have been upgraded to cvs-1.11.17 are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix various security issues. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text an...

Slackware 9.1 / current : Kernel security update (SSA:2004-049-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. Please note that this is not the same issue as CAN-2003-0985 which was fixed in early January. The kernels in...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : infozip (SSA:2005-121-01)

New infozip zip/unzip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. - From the www.info-zip.org site: Zip 2.3 and presumably all previous versions have a buffer- overrun vulnerability relating to deep directory paths that could potentially le...

Slackware 9.0 : 2.4.21 kernels available (SSA:2003-168-01)

Precompiled Linux 2.4.21 kernels and source packages are now available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These provide an improved version of the ptrace fix that had been applied to 2.4.20 in Slackware 9.0 for example, command line options now appear correctly when root does 'ps ax', and fix a...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP (SSA:2004-202-01)

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues memorylimit handling and a problem in the striptags function. Sites using PHP should upgrade. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

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 / 9.1 / current : rsync security update (SSA:2003-337-01)

Rsync is a file transfer client and server. A security problem which may lead to unauthorized machine access or code execution has been fixed by upgrading to rsync-2.5.7. This problem only affects machines running rsync in daemon mode, and is easier to exploit if the non-default option 'use chroo...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : Qt (SSA:2004-236-01)

New Qt packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. Bugs in the routines that handle PNG, BMP, GIF, and JPEG images may allow an attacker to cause unauthorized code to execute when a specially crafted image file is processed. These flaws may also cause...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gdm security update (SSA:2003-300-01)

GDM is the GNOME Display Manager, and is commonly used to provide a graphical login for local users. Upgraded gdm packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two vulnerabilities which could allow a local user to crash or freeze gdm, preventing access to the machine unti...

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 / 9.1 / current : metamail security update (SSA:2004-049-02)

Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail. New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Hrnhammar for discovering these problems...

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...