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...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.8.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two medium severity security issues: libgnutls: Fix side-channel in the...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb 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/mariadb-10.5.23-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and a security issue: Vulnerability allows high privileged...

[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] 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-102.9.0-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-102.8.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] apr-util

New apr-util 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/apr-util-1.6.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.35.6-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes two security issues: CVE-2022-41903: git log has the...

[slackware-security] rsync

New rsync 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/rsync-3.2.5-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Added some file-list safety checking that helps to ensure that a rogue...

[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] libexif

New libexif 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/libexif-0.6.22-i486-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: CVE-2018-20030: Fix for...

[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-68.4.2-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] openvpn

New openvpn packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 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/openvpn-2.4.6-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This is a security update fixing a potential double-fre...

[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-52.7.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.18.3-i586-4slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes two security issues: Xext/shm: Validate shmseg...

[slackware-security] openjpeg

New openjpeg 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/openjpeg-2.3.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues which may lead to a denial of service or possibly...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.4.16-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This is a security release in order to address the following defects: SMB1/2/3...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.14.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: A "ssh://..." URL can result in a "ssh"...

[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc 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/glibc-2.23-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Applied upstream security hardening patches from git. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] proftpd

New proftpd 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/proftpd-1.3.5e-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security issue: AllowChrootSymlink...

[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh 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/openssh-7.2p2-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security bug: sshd8: sanitise X11...

[slackware-security] ntp

New ntp 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/ntp-4.2.8p2-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. In addition to bug fixes and enhancements, this release fixes the...

[slackware-security] freetype

New freetype 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/freetype-2.5.5-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security bug that could cause freetype...

[slackware-security] ntp

New ntp 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/ntp-4.2.8-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. In addition to bug fixes and enhancements, this release fixes several...

[slackware-security] wpa_supplicant

New wpasupplicant packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/wpasupplicant-2.3-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a remote command-execution vulnerability cause...

gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.1.21-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a flaw where a version 1 intermediate certificate would be...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.0.26-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update prevents a side-channel attack which may allow remote attackers to conduct...

[slackware-security] freetype

New freetype packages are available for Slackware 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: Since freetype-2.4.8 many fixes were made to better handle invalid fonts. Many of them are vulnerabilities see...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 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/php-5.2.17-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an infinite loop with conversions from string...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/openssl-0.9.8p-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. This OpenSSL update contains some security related...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd 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/httpd-2.2.16-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fix Handling of requests without a path segment. For more...

[slackware-security] cups

New cups 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/cups-1.4.4-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a memory allocation error in texttops. Fixed a Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF that coul...

kernel

New Linux kernel packages are available for Slackware 13.0 and -current to address a security issue. A kernel bug discovered by David Ford may allow remote attackers to crash the kernel by sending an oversized IP packet. While the impact on ordinary servers is still unclear the problem was notice...

libpng

New libpng 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. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0040 Here are the...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 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-2007-6421 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-6422...

[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix a possible security issue. This version should also provide increased performance with certain ciphers. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CV...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 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-2007-2444 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-2446...

[slackware-security] imagemagick

New imagemagick packages are available for Slackware 10.2 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-2005-4601 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-0082 Here are the details from...

metamail security update

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...

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...

New CVS packages available

New cvs packages are available to fix a security vulnerability. Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog: ---------------------------- Tue Jan 21 13:12:20 PST 2003 patches/packages/cvs-1.11.5-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to cvs-1.11.5. This release fixes a major security vulnerability in the...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.39.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Recursive clones on case-insensitive filesystems that suppor...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-115.11.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] libarchive

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an out-of-bound error in the rar e8 filter that could allow for the...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-115.10.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-115.8.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-9slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: OOB write in...

[slackware-security] vim

New vim 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/vim-9.0.2063-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed use-after-free security issue. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information,...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.7.9-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fix a Bleichenbacher oracle in the TLS RSA key exchange. Reported by Hubert...

[slackware-security] emacs

New emacs 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/emacs-27.2-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the...