cups

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0146 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0147...

SSA-2004-222-01b Sendmail buffer overflow fixed (NEW)

slackware-security Sendmail buffer overflow fixed NEW The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 have been patched to fix a security problem. Note that this vulnerablity is NOT the same one that was announced on March 3rd and requires a new fix. All sites running sendmail should upgrade...

Slackware 12.2 / current : mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-112-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix security issues. The updated packages may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : glibc XDR overflow fix (SSA:2003-141-03)

An integer overflow in the xdrmemgetbytes function found in the glibc library has been fixed. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by exploiting RPC service that use xdrmemgetbytes. None of the default RPC services provided by Slackware appear to use this function, but...

mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix security issues. The updated packages may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:...

Slackware 12.2 / current : udev reissued for 12.2/current (SSA:2009-111-02)

Updated udev packages are available for Slackware 12.2, and -current to fix a serial device ownership regression in 12.2, adjust the perms on /dev/rtc0, and make sure that the /dev/root symlink is properly created. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

udev reissued for 12.2/current

Updated udev packages are available for Slackware 12.2, and -current to fix a serial device ownership regression in 12.2, adjust the perms on /dev/rtc0, and make sure that the /dev/root symlink is properly created. Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:...

Slackware 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : udev (SSA:2009-111-01)

New udev packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. The udev packages in Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current contained a local root hole vulnerability: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-1185 The udev packages in Slackwar...

udev

New udev packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. The udev packages in Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current contained a local root hole vulnerability: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-1185 The udev packages in Slackwar...

udev Netlink Message Validation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description The 'udev' Linux application is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to properly handle netlink messages. Local attackers may exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges, which may lead to a complete compromise of the system. Versions prior to udev 1...

Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : seamonkey (SSA:2009-103-01)

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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 2009-103-01. The text itself ...

seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla web site: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2...

Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2009-098-03)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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 2009-098-03. The text itself is...

Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : openssl (SSA:2009-098-01)

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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 2009-098-01. The text itself is...

Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : php (SSA:2009-098-02)

New php packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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 2009-098-02. The text itself is...

xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0385 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLo...

php

New php packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-5498 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2...

openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0789 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0591...

Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / current : glib2 (SSA:2009-086-02)

New glib2 packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix overflows that may be security issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2009-086-02. The...

Slackware 12.2 / current : mozilla-firefox (SSA:2009-086-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. The new packages may also be used with earlier versions of Slackware. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from...