[slackware-security] lftp security update

lftp is a file transfer program that connects to other hosts using FTP, HTTP, and other protocols. A security problem with lftp has been corrected with the release of lftp-2.6.10. New packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. Any sites using lftp should upgrade to the new...

[slackware-security] cvs security update

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 deals with the use of CVS as a server. A security problem which could allow an attacker to create directories and possibly...

Kernel security update

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...

apache security update

Apache httpd is a hypertext transfer protocol server, and is used by over two thirds of the Internet's web sites. Upgraded Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix local vulnerabilities that could allow users who can create or edit Apache config files to...

fetchmail security update

Fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility. Upgraded fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix a vulnerability where a specially crafted email could crash fetchmail, preventing the user from downloading or forwarding their email. More details...

gdm security update

GDM is the GNOME Display Manager, and is commonly used to provide a graphical login for local users. Upgraded gdm packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two vulnerabilities which could allow a local user to crash or freeze gdm, preventing access to the machine unti...

OpenSSL security update

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...

WU-FTPD Security Advisory

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...

ProFTPD Security Advisory

Upgraded ProFTPD packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a security issue where an attacker could gain a root shell by downloading a specially crafted file. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue Sep 23 14:43:10 PDT 2003...

New OpenSSH packages

Upgraded OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and -current. This fixes security problems with PAM authentication. It also includes several code cleanups from Solar Designer. Slackware is not vulnerable to the PAM problem, and it is not believed that any of the other code...

Sendmail vulnerabilities fixed

The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current have been patched to fix security problems. These issues seem to be remotely exploitable, so all sites running sendmail should upgrade right away. Sendmail's 8.12.10 announcement may be found here: http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.10.html Here...

OpenSSH updated again

Upgraded OpenSSH 3.7.1p1 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and -current. These fix additional buffer management errors that were not corrected in the recent 3.7p1 release. The possibility exists that these errors could allow a remote exploit, so we recommend all sites running OpenSSH...

OpenSSH Security Advisory

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...

security issues in pine

Upgraded pine packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix two security problems found by iDEFENSE Labs which could lead to arbitrary code execution when a specially crafted email is processed by Pine. This problem is fixed in Pine 4.58. Sites which use the Pine mail...

inetd DoS patched

Upgraded inetd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and - -current. These fix a previously hard-coded limit of 256 connections-per-minute, after which the given service is disabled for ten minutes. An attacker could use a quick burst of connections every ten minutes to effectively disabl...

unzip vulnerability patched

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. For more information, see:...

GDM security update

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. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Sun Aug 24 14:36:29 PDT 2003 patches/packages/gdm-2.4.1.6-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to...

KDE packages updated

New KDE packages are available for Slackware 9.0. These address a security issue where Konqueror may leak authentication credentials. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Fri Aug 1 15:15:51 PDT 2003 patches/packages/kde/: Upgraded to KDE 3.1.3. Note that this update addresses a...

nfs-utils packages replaced

New nfs-utils packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to replace the ones that were issued yesterday. A bug in has been fixed in utils/mountd/auth.c that could cause mountd to crash. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue Jul 15 10:42:58 PDT 2003...

nfs-utils off-by-one overflow fixed

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...