Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : mod_ssl (SSA:2004-154-01)

New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to modssl-2.8.18-1.3.31 fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if modssl is...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.1 / current : Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird (SSA:2005-085-01)

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix various security issues and bugs. See the Mozilla site for a complete list of the issues patched: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlMo zilla Also updated are Firefox and...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : OpenSSL security update (SSA:2003-273-01)

Upgraded OpenSSL packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix problems with ASN.1 parsing which could lead to a denial of service. It is not known whether the problems could lead to the running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out. We...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : XFree86 security update (SSA:2004-043-02)

New XFree86 base packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix overflows which could possibly be exploited to gain unauthorized root access. All sites running XFree86 should upgrade to the new package. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Slackware 9.0 / current : GDM security update (SSA:2003-236-01)

Upgraded gdm packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a local user may use GDM to read any file on the system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : kernel DoS (SSA:2004-167-01)

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Without a patch to asm-i386/i387.h, a local user can crash the machine. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugi...

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...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP (SSA:2005-192-01)

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...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : apache, mod_ssl, php (SSA:2004-299-01)

New apache and modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. Apache has been upgraded to version 1.3.32 which fixes a heap-based buffer overflow in modproxy. modssl was upgraded from version modssl-2.8.19-1.3.31 to version 2.8.21-1.3.32 whic...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sysklogd update (SSA:2004-124-02)

New sysklogd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue where a user could cause syslogd to crash. Thanks to Steve Grubb who researched the issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2005-162-01)

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. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted fro...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libpng update (SSA:2004-124-04)

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network services are linked with it. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

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...

(FALSE ALARM ON) ncftp

Hey folks, An advisory recently went out on NcFTP, but it appears that the issue in question was fixed long ago in version 3.1.5, released on 2002-10-13. I received an email at [email protected] from a well-meaning user informing me that 3.1.9 had a security issue that was going unpatched: I...