[slackware-security] rpcbind

New rpcbind 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/rpcbind-0.2.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Patched a bug which can cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion. Thanks to...

[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, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libpng-1.6.27-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes an old NULL pointer dereference bug i...

[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 a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.4P3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability. Testi...

[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-4.4.5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security issue: Client side SMB2/3 required signing can be...

[slackware-security] subversion

New subversion 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/subversion-1.7.22-i486-2slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update patches two security issues: CVE-2016-2167: svnserve/sasl may...

[slackware-security] mercurial

New mercurial 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/mercurial-3.7.3-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues and bugs, including remo...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.7.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. NOTE: Issuing this patch again since the bug reporter listed the wrong...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.7.3-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed buffer overflows allowing server and client side remote code...

[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] 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] 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] hplip

New hplip packages are available for Slackware 14.0 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/hplip-3.12.9-i486-4slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update disables the automatic upgrade feature which can be easily fooled into downloading an...

[slackware-security] glibc

New glibc packages are available for Slackware 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/glibc-2.15-i486-8slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix integer overflows in pvalloc, valloc, and...

[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, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libtiff-3.9.6-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Patched overflows th...

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:...

samba

New samba 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-2009-1888...

[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] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to improve the stability and security of PHP. Quite a few bugs were fixed -- please see http://www.php.net for a detailed list. All sites that use PHP are encouraged to upgrade. Please note that we haven't tested all PHP applications for...

SSA-2006-0628032502

New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KDM the KDE login manager which could be exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here:...

lynx

New Lynx packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. An overflow could result in the execution of arbitrary code when using Lynx to connect to a malicious NNTP server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common...

gaim

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some security issues. including: AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow AIM/ICQ non-UTF-8 filename crash Gadu-Gadu memory alignment bug Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. More details about...

libpng

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. These issues could cause program crashes, or possibly allow arbitrary code embedded in a malicious PNG image to execute. The PNG library is widely used within the system, so all sites should...

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...

Sendmail buffer overflow fixed (NEW)

The sendmail packages in Slackware 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 have been patched to fix a security problem. Note that this vulnerablity is NOT the same one that was announced on March 3rd and requires a new fix. All sites running sendmail should upgrade. More information on the problem can be found here:...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-115.9.1esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a critical security issue: An attacker was able ...

[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] 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-115.2.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. 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-102.13.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[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-102.13.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. 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-102.6.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a security fix and improvements. For mo...

[slackware-security] sysstat

New sysstat packages are available for Slackware 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sysstat-12.7.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. On 32 bit systems, in versions 9.1.16 and newer but prior to 12.7.1,...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird 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-thunderbird-102.3.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[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-9.0.0270-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. We're just going to move to vim-9 instead of continuing to backport patches to the vim-8...

[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 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 14.2 mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-60.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

[slackware-security] libXcursor

New libXcursor 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/libXcursor-1.1.15-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix heap overflows when parsing malicious files...

[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 a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.4P6-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability. Under...

[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-0.8.21-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed security issues that may result in a denial of servic...

[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 a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.4P5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability. An...

[slackware-security] gtk+2

New gtk+2 packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gtk+2-2.24.31-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Integer overflow in the gdkcairosetsourcepixbu...

[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-7.50.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes security issues: TLS: switch off SSL sessi...

[slackware-security] gimp

New gimp 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/gimp-2.8.18-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security issue: Use-after-free vulnerability in the...

[slackware-security] libarchive

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.1.2-i486-2slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an issue with Zip archive handling that could allow an attacker to overwri...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl 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/curl-7.47.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where NTLM credentials are not...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.9.7P1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where an attacker who can caus...

[slackware-security] wget

New wget 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/wget-1.14-i486-3slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a symlink vulnerability that could allow an attacke...

[slackware-security] 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-4.1.11-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a remote code execution attack on unauthenticated nmbd NetBIOS name...