PackageKit: race condition vulnerability leads to arbitrary package installation as root

A flaw was found in PackageKit. A time-of-check time-of-use TOCTOU race condition on transaction flags allows unprivileged users to install packages as root, resulting in a local privilege escalation...

[slackware-security] vim

New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/vim-9.0.2063-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed use-after-free security issue. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information,...