[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] cairo

New cairo packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 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-2007-5503 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] freetype

New x11 and/or freetype and fontconfig packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues in freetype. Freetype was packaged with X11 prior to Slackware version 11.0. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE...

[slackware-security] qt

New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 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-2007-0242 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] ktorrent

New ktorrent packages are available for Slackware 11.0 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-2007-1384 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-1385 Here are the details from th...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-2937 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-3738...

[slackware-security] libtiff

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. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

new samba packages

New samba packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0600...

cvs

New cvs packages that have been upgraded to cvs-1.11.17 are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix various security issues. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and...

kdelibs

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current to fix security issues with URI handling. 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-2004-0411 Here are the details fr...

rsync update

New rsync packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. When running an rsync server without the chroot option it is possible for an attacker to write outside of the allowed directory. Any sites running rsync in that mode should upgrade right away and...

tcpdump denial of service

Upgraded tcpdump packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix denial-of-service issues. Sites using tcpdump should upgrade to the new packages. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

2.4.21 kernels available

Precompiled Linux 2.4.21 kernels and source packages are now available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These provide an improved version of the ptrace fix that had been applied to 2.4.20 in Slackware 9.0 for example, command line options now appear correctly when root does 'ps ax', and fix a...

[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: extra/php81/php81-8.1.32-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: LibXML: libxml streams use wrong content-type header when...

[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-115.15.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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/libxml2-2.11.8-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fix buffer overread with "xmllint --htmlout". xmllint: Fix --pedantic option. save:...

[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/python3-3.9.19-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: bundled libexpat was updated to 2.6.0. zipfile is no...

[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-115.7.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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/libxml2-2.12.2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Add --sysconfdir=/etc option so that this can find the xml catalog...

[slackware-security] libcaca

New libcaca 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/libcaca-0.99.beta20-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a crash bug a crafted file defining width of zero leads to divide by zero a...

[slackware-security] vim

New vim 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/vim-9.0.1897-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed three use-after-free security issues. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more...

[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-2.35.8-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: By feeding specially crafted input to git...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-102.6.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby 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/ruby-3.0.5-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release includes a security fix: HTTP response splitting in CGI. For more information,...

[slackware-security] mozilla-nss

New mozilla-nss 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/mozilla-nss-3.84-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a segmentation fault when the server requests a client auth cert but the...

[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-2.35.5-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes two security issues: CVE-2022-39253: When relying on the...

[slackware-security] hunspell

New hunspell 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/hunspell-1.7.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed invalid read operation in SuggestMgr::leftcommonsubstring in suggestmgr.cxx. Fo...

[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-8.2.4649-i586-3slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Fix use after free. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.11.13-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Set a limit on the number of concurrently...

[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-60.7.1-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] lftp

New lftp 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/lftp-4.8.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix bugs and security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-52.9.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements...

[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-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This is a security update in order to patch the following defects: CVE-2017-147...

[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...

[slackware-security] mailx

New mailx 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/mailx-12.5-i486-2slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Drop SSLv2 support no longer supported by OpenSSL, and fix security...

[slackware-security] MPlayer

New MPlayer 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/MPlayer-1.220160125-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This is the latest MPlayer-1.2 branch, identical to the...

[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...

samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-4.1.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow AD domain controllers to...

libssh

New libssh 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/libssh-0.5.4-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a possible denial of service issue. For more information, see:...

perl

New perl packages are available for Slackware 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/perl-5.16.3-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a flaw in the rehashing code that can be exploited to carry...

[slackware-security] dhcp

New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dhcp-4.2.4P2-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. An issue with the use of lease times was found and fixed. Makin...

[slackware-security] libtiff

New libtiff 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 security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtiff-3.9.4-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched overflows that could...

[slackware-security] libtiff

New libtiff 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 security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtiff-3.9.4-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes image structure...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-3094 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-3095 Here are the...

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...

ntp

New ntp 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 security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0159...

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] python

New python packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 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-2008-1679 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-1721...

[slackware-security] qt

New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix format string errors. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-3388 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:...