[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glibc-2.11.1-i486-5slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched "The GNU C library dynamic linker will dlopen arbitrary DS...

Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : glibc (SSA:2010-301-01)

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2010-301-01. The text itse...

Slackware 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : seamonkey (SSA:2010-300-01)

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 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 2010-300-01. The text itself is...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.0.9-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes some more security vulnerabilities. For more...

GNU C library dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search path

Overview Certain versions of glibc unsafely handle the $ORIGIN ELF substitution sequence which can be exploited to gain local privilege escalation. Description Tavis Ormandy's advisory states:"$ORIGIN is an ELF substitution sequence representing the location of the executable being loaded in the...

Linux kernel RDS protocol vulnerability

Overview The RDS protocol implementation of Linux kernels 2.6.30 through 2.6.38-rc8 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Description Kernel functions fail to properly check if a user supplied address exists in the user segment of memory. By providing a kernel address to a socket ca...

Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : glibc (SSA:2010-295-01)

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2010-295-01. The text itse...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-3.0.9-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This upgrade fixes some more security bugs. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.6.11-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/glibc-2.11.1-i486-4slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched "dynamic linker expands $ORIGIN in setuid library search...

[slackware-security] 64-bit kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware x8664 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware64 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-2.6.33.4-2/kernel-firmware-2.6.33.4-noarch-2.txz: Rebuilt...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : bzip2 (SSA:2010-263-01)

New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware...

[slackware-security] bzip2

New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.6-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an intege...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sudo redo (SSA:2010-258-03)

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a directory permissions issue. These replacement packages restore the correct permissions to /var. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

[slackware-security] sudo redo

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a directory permissions issue. These replacement packages restore the correct permissions to /var. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] sudo

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.7.4p4-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes a flaw that coul...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-3.5.5-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This upgrade fixes a buffer overflow in th...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : samba (SSA:2010-257-01)

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : sudo (SSA:2010-257-02)

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Securi...

Slackware 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : mozilla-firefox (SSA:2010-253-01)

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 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 2010-253-01. The text itself ...