SSA-18708 New CVS packages available

New cvs packages are available to fix a security vulnerability. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated and is no longer used after a revamping of the Slackware generator. Disabled on 2011/05/27. This script was automatically generated from a Slackware Security Advisory ...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : cvs security update (SSA:2003-345-01)

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...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : nfs-utils packages replaced (SSA:2003-195-01b)

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

Slackware 9.1 / current : utempter security update (SSA:2004-110-01)

New utempter packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a security issue. Slackware 9.1 was the first version of Slackware to use the libutempter library, and earlier versions of Slackware are not affected by this issue The utempter package provides a utility and shared library...

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 / 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 / 9.1 / current : gaim (SSA:2004-239-01)

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0 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...

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 10.0 / 9.1 / current : gaim updated again (SSA:2004-240-01)

A couple of bugs were found in the gaim 0.82 release, and gaim-0.82.1 was released to fix them. In addition, gaim-encryption-2.29 did not work with gaim-0.82 due to changes in the header files, so the gaim-encryption plugin has also been updated to gaim-encryption-2.30. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : fetchmail security update (SSA:2003-300-02)

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. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 : EPIC4 security fixes (SSA:2003-141-01)

New EPIC4 packages are available to fix security problems found by Timo Sirainen. EPIC4 is an IRC Internet Relay Chat client. Under certain circumstances, a malicious IRC server could cause EPIC4 to crash, or possibly to run arbitrary code as the user running EPIC4. All sites running EPIC4 are...

SSA-18706 Security updates for Slackware 8.1

Several security updates are now available for Slackware 8.1, including updated packages for Apache, glibc, modssl, openssh, openssl, and php. %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated and is no longer used after a revamping of the Slackware generator. Disabled on...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : apache security update (SSA:2003-308-01)

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...

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)

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

Slackware 8.1 / 9.0 / current : CUPS DoS vulnerability fixed (SSA:2003-149-01)

Upgraded CUPS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix a denial of service attack vulnerability. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2003-149-01. The...

Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : ncftp (SSA:2005-135-02)

New ncftp packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 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 2005-135-02. The text itself is copyright C...

Slackware 10.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libtiff (SSA:2004-305-02)

New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues that could lead to application crashes, or possibly execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin we...

Slackware 9.0 : mod_ssl RSA blinding fixes (SSA:2003-141-05)

An upgrade for modssl to version 2.8.141.3.27 is now available. This version provides RSA blinding by default which prevents an extended timing analysis from revealing details of the secret key to an attacker. Note that this problem was already fixed within OpenSSL, so this is a 'double fix'. Wit...

Slackware 9.0 / 9.1 / current : GAIM security update (SSA:2004-026-01)

GAIM is a GTK2-based Instant Messaging IM client. New GAIM packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. 12 vulnerabilities were found in the instant messenger GAIM that allow remote compromise. All sites using GAIM should upgrade to these new packages. These are based on GAIM 0.75...

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...