wget symbolic links vulnerability

Symbolic links vulnerability in FTP mirror mode...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.5-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This upgrade fixes some more security bugs. For more information, see:...

kernel [updated]

This is a followup to the SSA:2009-230-01 advisory noting some errata. The generic SMP kernel update for Slackware 12.2 was built using the .config for a huge kernel, not a generic one. The kernel previously published as kernel-generic-smp and in the gemsmp.s directory works and is secure, but is...

SSA-2006-0628032502

New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KDM the KDE login manager which could be exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here:...