Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : nfs-utils off-by-one overflow fixed (SSA:2003-195-01)

New nfs-utils packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix an off-by-one buffer overflow in xlog.c. Thanks to Janusz Niewiadomski for discovering and reporting this problem. The CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project has assigned the identification number...

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 9.1 / current : Kernel security update (SSA:2003-336-01)

New kernels are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current. These have been upgraded to Linux kernel version 2.4.23, which fixes a bug in the kernel's dobrk function that could be exploited to gain root privileges. These updated kernels and modules should be installed by any sites running a 2.4...

Slackware 9.0 / current : WU-FTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-03)

Upgraded WU-FTPD packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and - -current. These fix a problem where an attacker could use a specially crafted filename in conjunction with WU-FTPD's conversion feature mostly used to compress files, or produce tar archives to execute arbitrary commands on the serve...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sudo (SSA:2005-172-01)

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

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...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : apache+mod_ssl (SSA:2004-305-01)

New apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Apache has been upgraded to version 1.3.33 which fixes a buffer overflow which may allow local users to execute arbitrary code as the apache user. The modssl package has also been upgraded t...

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 / current : xine-lib (SSA:2005-121-02)

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. The xine frontends have also been upgraded. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisor...

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 9.0 / current : unzip vulnerability patched (SSA:2003-237-01)

Upgraded infozip packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a specially crafted archive may overwrite files including system files anywhere on the filesystem upon extraction by a user with sufficient permissions. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network...

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 10.0 / 10.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2005-133-01)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix several 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 from...

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 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs (SSA:2004-161-01)

New cvs packages that have been upgraded to cvs-1.11.17 are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix various security issues. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text an...

Slackware 9.1 / current : xine security update (SSA:2004-111-01)

New xine packages are available for Slackware 9.1 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 2004-111-01. The text itself is copyright C Slackware...

Slackware 10.0 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2004-296-01)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a buffer overflow in the MSN protocol. 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...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : PHP local security issue (SSA:2004-154-02)

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. These fix a problem in previous Slackware php packages where linking PHP against a static library in an insecure path under /tmp could allow a local attacker to place shared libraries at this locatio...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs security update (SSA:2004-108-02)

CVS is a client/server version control system. As a server, it is used to host source code repositories. As a client, it is used to access such repositories. This advisory affects both uses of CVS. A security problem which could allow a server to create arbitrary files on a client machine, and...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : OpenSSH Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-01)

Upgraded OpenSSH packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a buffer management error found in versions of OpenSSH earlier than 3.7. The possibility exists that this error could allow a remote exploit, so we recommend all sites running OpenSSH upgrade to the new OpenS...