[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.157/: Upgraded. This kernel removes the unnecessary vmacacheflushall code which could have led to a use-after-free situation and...

SSA-2018-0906074602

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-60.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

Slackware 14.2 mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-60.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.144/: Upgraded. This kernel update enables additional mitigations for spectrev2 IBPB and IBRSFW. It also enables reporting on the...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.61.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a buffer overflow in SMTP send. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix bugs and security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-52.9.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mariadb-10.0.35-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate the speculative side channel attack known as Spectre variant 2. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.115/: Upgraded. This kernel includes full retpoline mitigation for the Spectre varian...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.5P1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed denial of service security issue: Some RPZ...

[slackware-security] sudo

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.8.20p1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a potential overwrite of arbitrary syste...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.4P5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability. An...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.50.3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed heap overflows in four libcurl functions: curlescape,...

[slackware-security] Linux kernel

New Linux kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.19/: Upgraded. A flaw was found in the implementation of the Linux kernels handling of networking challenge ack where...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-38.7.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-38.6.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. IMPORTANT: On Slackware 14.0, install the new updated nettle package first. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This...

[slackware-security] libssh

New libssh packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libssh-0.6.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes some security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] patch

New patch packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/patch-2.7.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Patch no longer follows symbolic links to input and output files...

[slackware-security] bash

New bash packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bash-4.2.050-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Another bash update. Here's some information included with the...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-24.7.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...