[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.37-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements...

[slackware-security] mozilla-nss

New mozilla-nss 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/mozilla-nss-3.16-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: The certTestHostName function in...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd 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/httpd-2.4.9-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update addresses two security issues. Segfaults with truncated cookie logging...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.4.17-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes an issue where XML in PHP does not properly...

[slackware-security] dbus

New dbus 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/dbus-1.4.20-i486-4slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue where misuse of valist could be used to cause a denial of...

sudo

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.8.6p7-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues that could allow a user to...

freetype

New freetype packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/freetype-2.4.11-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes several security bugs that could...

[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby 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/ruby-1.9.3p327-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a hash-flooding DoS vulnerability and many other bugs. Fo...

[slackware-security] polkit

New polkit packages are available for Slackware 13.1 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/polkit-114bdfd8-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix a race condition that could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code...

[slackware-security] kdelibs

A new kdelibs package is available for Slackware 13.1 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kdelibs-4.4.3-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched CVE-2011-1168. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] poppler

New poppler packages are available for Slackware 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/poppler-0.12.4-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. This updated package includes patches based on xpdf 3.02pl5. Fo...

[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...

pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 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-2009-3615 Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0...

apr

New apr packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-2412 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2...

ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-1904 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2...

lcms

New lcms packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-0581...

git

New git packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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-2008-3546 There are other security issues related to gitweb, which...

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, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found here: https://www.isc.org/node/373 http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue: "Specifically crafted SMB responses can result in a heap overflow in the Samba client code. Because the server process, smbd, can itself act as a client during operations such ...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a security issue. A boundary failure in GETDC mailslot processing can result in a buffer overrun leading to possible code execution. More details about the issue will become available in the Common...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a signature forgery security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2006-433...

[slackware-security] bind DoS

New bind packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a Denial of Service issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-4095 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-4096...

mod_ssl

New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to modssl-2.8.18-1.3.31 fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if modssl is...

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...

[slackware-security] libarchive

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.7.5-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes the following security issues: fix multiple vulnerabilities...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.11.7-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fix the following security issue: xmlreader: Don't expand XIncludes when backtracking...

[slackware-security] libvpx

New libvpx 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/libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains two security related fixes -- one each for VP8 and VP9. 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-102.11.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] expat

New expat 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/expat-2.5.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix heap use-after-free after...

[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-102.4.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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-9.0.0334-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed use after free. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.9.14-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and the following security issues: Fix intege...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb 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/mariadb-10.5.15-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes potential denial-of-service vulnerabilities. For more information,...

[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-68.9.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] ghostscript

New ghostscript 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/ghostscript-9.24-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Patched multiple -dSAFER sandbox bypass vulnerabilities. Thanks to Tavis Ormandy...

[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-4.0.9-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] mercurial

New mercurial 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/mercurial-4.3.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: Mercurial's symlink auditing was incomplete prio...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mariadb-10.0.31-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] irssi

New irssi 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/irssi-1.0.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes two remote crash issues as well as a few bugs. For more...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.10.5P2-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a high severity security issue: An error ...

[slackware-security] irssi

New irssi 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/irssi-1.0.3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed security issues that may result in a denial of service...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl 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/curl-7.51.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues: CVE-2016-8615: cookie...

[slackware-security] Linux kernel

New Linux kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.19/: Upgraded. A flaw was found in the implementation of the Linux kernels handling of networking challenge ack where...

[slackware-security] gnupg

New gnupg 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/gnupg-1.4.21-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix critical security bug in the RNG CVE-2016-6313. An...

libidn

New libidn 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/libidn-1.33-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed out-of-bounds read bugs. Fixed crashes on invalid...

[slackware-security] pcre

New pcre packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pcre-8.39-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs including a couple of DoS security issues, and retrofits to PCRE1 some...

[slackware-security] imagemagick

New imagemagick 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/imagemagick-6.8.610-i486-3slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Removed popen support to prevent another shell vulnerability. This issu...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng 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/libpng-1.4.19-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed an out-of-range read in pngcheckkeyword. Thanks to Qixue...

[slackware-security] openvpn

New openvpn 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/openvpn-2.3.6-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue that allows remote...

[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh 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/openssh-6.7p1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue that allows remote servers...