[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...

[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] 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-9.11.6P1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: The TCP client quota set using the...

[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] mercurial

New mercurial 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/mercurial-3.8.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes possible arbitrary code execution when...

[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:...

[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] 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] 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] apr-util

New apr and apr-util 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/apr-1.3.12-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded...

[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:...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix denial of service security issues. Versions of bind-9.2.x older than bind-9.2.8, and versions of bind-9.3.x older than 9.3.4 can be made to crash with malformed local or remote data. More details about...

[slackware-security] xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 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-2006-2200 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0...

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 security issue. Under certain conditions, an attacker acting as a "man in the middle" may force a client and server to fall back to the less-secure SSL 2.0 protocol. More details about this iss...

mod_ssl

New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. If "SSLVerifyClient optional" was configured in the global section of the config file, it could improperly override "SSLVerifyClient require" in a per-location section. More details...

[slackware-security] gaim

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a buffer overflow in the MSN protocol. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

utempter security update

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...