[slackware-security] pcre

New pcre packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-2371 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] poppler

A new poppler package is available for Slackware 12.0 to fix an integer overflow. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-3387 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] gzip

New gzip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix possible security issues. More details about the issues fixed may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2005-0758...

cvs

New cvs packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. More details about this issue may...

[slackware-security] Slackware 15.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix bugs and security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-5.15.145/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and security issues. Thanks to jwoithe for the PCI fix! Be sure to upgrade your...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-8.4.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Cookie injection with none file. SOCKS5...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python3-3.9.15-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Bundled libexpat was upgraded from 2.4.7 to 2.4.9...

[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ruby-3.0.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Double free in Regexp compilation. Buffer overrun ...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-68.11.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssl-1.0.2t-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes low severity security issues: Fixed a padding oracle in PKCS7dataDeco...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.56.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: IMAP FETCH response out of bounds read may...

[slackware-security] openexr

New openexr packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openexr-2.2.0-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Patched bugs that may lead to program crashes or possibly execution of arbitrary code...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.18.3-i586-3slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes two security issues: A user...

[slackware-security] mcabber

New mcabber packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/loudmouth-1.5.3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed for the mcabber security update...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.4.15-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes some bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: pidgin-2.10.10-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes several security issues: Insufficient SSL certificate...

[slackware-security] libtasn1

New libtasn1 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtasn1-3.6-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Multiple security issues have been corrected in the libtasn1 library. These error...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-4.1.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: Samba versions 3.2.0 and above do not check th...

[slackware-security] hplip

New hplip packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/hplip-3.12.9-i486-3slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This fixes a polkit race condition that could allow local users to bypass...

[slackware-security] dhcp

New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 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/dhcp-4.1ESVR2-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. In dhclient, check the data for...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2010-0433 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2010-0740 A...

xpdf

New xpdf packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0146...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix XSS security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-5000 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-6388 Here are the details...

[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-2662 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-2663...

[slackware-security] libpng for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 that were left out of the last batch of updates. These fix the same security problems as the other 1.2.23 upgrades. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

kernel security updates

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages including alsa-driver, and a new version of the hotplug package for Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 and 2.6.x kernel modules. The most serio...

Slackware 8.1 kernel security update

New kernels are available for Slackware 8.1 containing a backported fix from a bounds-checking problem in the kernel's mremap call which could be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. This fix was previously issued for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current SSA:2004-006-01. Sites running...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python3-3.9.18-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fixed an issue where instances of ssl.SSLSocket we...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-8slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. PATCH composite: Fix use-after-free of the COW. Fix use-after-free that can le...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-7.4.33-i586-3slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: Core: Passwordverify always return true with some hash. Core:...

[slackware-security] zlib

New zlib packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a bug when getting a gzip header extra field with inflateGetHeader...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.85.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: control code in cookie denial of...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-91.11.0-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-7.4.30-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: mysqlnd/pdo password buffer overflow. Uninitialized...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-7.4.28-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and a security issue: UAF due to phpfilterfloat failing for ints. For...

[slackware-security] mozilla-nss

New mozilla-nss packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-nss-3.40.1-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a critical security issue: NSS Network Security...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.61.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an NTLM password overflow via integer overflow. For more...

[slackware-security] libtiff

New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtiff-4.0.7-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] expat

New expat packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/expat-2.2.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Multiple integer...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-7.45.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixes some security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.1.25-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. A security issue has been corrected in gnutls. This vulnerabili...

ntp

New ntp packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/ntp-4.2.6p5-i486-5slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. All stable versions of NTP remain vulnerable to a remote attack wher...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: This release fixes an issue that could crash BIND, leading to a denial of service...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.7.7-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to prevent overwriting stack memory and bypassi...

[slackware-security] gnupg2

New gnupg2 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/gnupg2-2.0.14-i486-3slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix "Realloc Bug with X.509 certificates in GnuPG". F...

poppler

New poppler packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-3603 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-3604...

gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-2730 Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog...

dhcp

New dhcp 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, and -current to fix a security issue with dhclient. Note that dhclient is not the default DHCP client in Slackware's networking scripts, dhcpcd is. However, if you use dhclient on a network wher...

[slackware-security] mysql

New mysql packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. The MySQL package shipped with Slackware 10.2 may possibly leak sensitive information found in uninitialized memory to authenticated users. The MySQL package previously in Slackware -current also suffered fro...

[slackware-security] imagemagick

New imagemagick packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues with PNG images. More details about the issues with PNG may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597...