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-9.9.2P2-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a critical defect in BIND 9 that allows a...

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-1.9.3p392-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release includes security fixes about bundled JSON and REXML. For more...

pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 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/pidgin-2.10.7-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes several security issues: Remote MXit user cou...

[slackware-security] 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, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libpng-1.4.12-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Fixed incorrect...

[slackware-security] apr/apr-util

New apr and apr-util packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 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/apr-1.4.4-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This fixes a possible denial of service du...

[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] 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] sudo

New sudo 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 security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.7.2p6-i486-1slack13.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues...

[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...

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, and -current to a fix security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-2666 Here are the...

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] cups

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 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-2008-3639 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-3640...

[slackware-security] apache

New apache 1.3.41 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues. A new matching modssl package is also provided. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

libpng update

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network services are linked with it. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures C...

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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/php82/php82-8.2.31-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: FPM: Fixed XSS within status endpoint. MBString: Fixed Null...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl 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/openssl-1.1.1u-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Possible DoS translating ASN.1 object identifiers...

[slackware-security] c-ares

New c-ares 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/c-ares-1.19.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: 0-byte UDP payload causes Denial of Service...

[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] 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] 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] 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-68.12.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[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-68.5.0esr-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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] 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] mutt

New mutt 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/mutt-1.10.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. Upstream strongly recommends that al...

[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-9.10.4P8-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed denial of service security issues. For more...

[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] 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] patch

New patch 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/patch-2.7.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Patch no longer follows symbolic links to input and output files...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.9.5P1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes security issues and other bugs. Please note that the...

[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] subversion

New subversion 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/subversion-1.7.13-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a local privilege escalation vulnerability via symlink attack...

[slackware-security] hplip

New hplip 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/hplip-3.12.9-i486-2slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in the...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl 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/curl-7.29.0-i486-3slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This fixes a minor security issue where a decode buffer...

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] openssl

New openssl packages are available for 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/openssl-0.9.8r-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This OpenSSL update fixes an "OCSP stapling vulnerability". For...

[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...

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...

xdg-utils

New xdg-utils packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix security issues. Applications that use /etc/mailcap could be tricked into running an arbitrary script through xdg-open, and a separate flaw in xdg-open could allow the execution of arbitrary commands embedded in untrusted...

[slackware-security] mtr

New mtr packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 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-2008-2357 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 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] espgs/ghostscript

New espgs or ghostscript packages are available for 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a buffer overflow. Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/espgs-8.15.4-i486-3slack12.0.tgz: This patched version of ESP Ghostscript fixes a buffer overflow. For more information o...