[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin 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/pidgin-2.7.3-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes a crash due to malformed X-Status messages. For more...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 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-2009-3557 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-3558...

[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...

subversion

New subversion packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-2411 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2...

cyrus-sasl

New cyrus-sasl packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A buffer overflow in the saslencode64 function could lead to a denial of service or possible execution of arbitrary code. More details about this issue may be found in the Commo...

xterm

New xterm packages are available for Slackware 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-2008-2383 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] rdesktop

New rdesktop packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue caused by using rdesktop to connect to a malicious or compromised RDP server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

[slackware-security] xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. An overflow was found in the Speex decoder that could lead to a crash or possible execution of arbitrary code. Xine-lib = 1.1.12 was also found to be vulnerable to a stack-based...

[slackware-security] xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 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-2008-1482 Here are the details from the Slackware...

[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:...

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...

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...

SSA-2002-0626204548

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[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] less

New less 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/less-653-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update patches a security issue: less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newlin...

[slackware-security] libssh

New libssh packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libssh-0.10.6-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Command injection using proxycommand. Potential...

[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] 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] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird 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-thunderbird-102.9.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mo...

[slackware-security] libXpm

New libXpm 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/libXpm-3.5.15-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Infinite loop on unclosed comments...

[slackware-security] netatalk

New netatalk packages are available for Slackware 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/netatalk-3.1.14-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Netatalk through 3.1.13 has an afpgetappl heap-based buffer overflow...

[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] 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-9.0.0558-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed use after free. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information, see:...

[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] seamonkey

New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.53.5.1-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] sudo

New sudo 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/sudo-1.8.28-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a bug where an sudo user may be able to run a command as root when the...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a denial-of-service security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a race condition in dnsdispatchgetnext that could cause...

[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] 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-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to nss-3.40.1 and nspr-4.20. Mitigate cache side-channel...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-52.7.3esr-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. 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-9.10.4P8-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed denial of service security issues. For more...

[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/mcabber-1.0.5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: An incorrect implementation of XEP-028...

[slackware-security] libsndfile

New libsndfile 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/flac-1.3.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update is needed by the latest version of libsndfile...

[slackware-security] grub

New grub 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/grub-2.00-i486-3slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched bug where password protection during system startup may be bypassed by hitting the...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues. IMPORTANT: On Slackware 14.0, install the new updated nettle package first. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gnutls-3.3.17.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This...

[slackware-security] wpa_supplicant

New wpasupplicant 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/wpasupplicant-2.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes potential denial of service issues. For more...

[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-6.6p1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue when using environment...

[slackware-security] php

New php 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/php-5.4.19-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed handling null bytes in subjectAltName CVE-2013-4248. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.9.3P2-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where a specially crafte...

[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby 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/ruby-1.9.3p448-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update patches a vulnerability in Ruby's SSL client that could allow...

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] libxml2

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a heap-based buffer underflow in the...

[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: patches/packages/bind-9.7.4-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This BIND update...

[slackware-security] kdegraphics

New kdegraphics packages are available for Slackware 13.1 to fix a security issue in the okular document viewer. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kdegraphics-4.4.3-i486-3slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched "Okular PDB Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability"...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.7.0-i486-1slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to pidgin-2.7.0 and pidgin-encryption-3.1. The msnemoticonmsg...

[slackware-security] fetchmail

New fetchmail 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, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.17-i486-1slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. A crafted header or POP3...

curl

New curl 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 a security issue. For more information, see: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/security.html https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-2417 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:...

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...