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...

mutt security update

Mutt is a text-based program for reading electronic mail. New mutt packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These have been upgraded to version 1.4.2i to fix a buffer overflow that could lead to a machine compromise. All sites using mutt should upgrade to the new mutt...

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-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-140.10.1esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[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/php81-8.1.31-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: LDAP: Fixed bug GHSA-g665-fm4p-vhff OOB access in...

[slackware-security] wget

New wget 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/wget-1.25.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Breaking change Drop support for shorthand FTP URLs CVE-2024-10524 Breaking change Switch to...

[slackware-security] plasma-workspace

New plasma-workspace packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/plasma-workspace-5.23.5-i586-4slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update patches a security issue: ksmserver: Unauthorized users can access...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-11slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: Heap buffer overflow in DeviceFocusEvent an...

[slackware-security] libnotify

New libnotify 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/libnotify-0.8.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a critical stability/minor security update which affects...

[slackware-security] libwebp

New libwebp 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/libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Security fix for lossless decoder chromium: 1479274, CVE-2023-4863. For more informatio...

[slackware-security] dhcp

New dhcp 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/dhcp-4.4.3P1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: Corrected a reference count leak...

[slackware-security] libvorbis

New libvorbis 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/libvorbis-1.3.7-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix out-of-bounds read encoding very low sample rates. For more...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl 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/curl-7.71.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: curl overwrite local file with -J 111 Partial...

[slackware-security] openvpn

New openvpn 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/openvpn-2.4.9-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix illegal client float. Thanks to Le...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.17.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: With a crafted URL that contains a newline in...

[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] 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-68.1.1-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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] php

New php 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/php-5.6.35-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where sensitive data belonging to other account...

[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] freetype

New freetype 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/freetype-2.6.3-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes an out-of-bounds write caused by a...

[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] 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] 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] 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] libexif

New libexif packages are available for Slackware 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/libexif-0.6.21-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a number of remotely...

[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...

[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] 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...

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 a fix security issue. More details about this issue may be found here: https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/announce/2009-January/000055.html...

[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, 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-2008-2711 Here are the detail...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. Slackware is not vulnerable to either of these in its default configuration, but watch out if you've enabled JavaScript. More information about the security issues may be found here...

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:...

[slackware-security] sendmail

New sendmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Sendmail's advisory concerning this issue may be found here: http://www.sendmail.com/company/advisory/index.shtml This issue will appear in the Common Vulnerabilities and...

[slackware-security] sudo

New sudo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 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-2006-0151 Here are the details from the Slackware...

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...

[slackware-security] samba DoS

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current. These fix two denial of service vulnerabilities reported by iDEFENSE. Slackware -current has been upgraded to samba-3.0.7, while the samba-3.0.5 included with Slackware 10.0 has been patched to fix these issues. Sites running Samba...

apache security update

Apache httpd is a hypertext transfer protocol server, and is used by over two thirds of the Internet's web sites. Upgraded Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix local vulnerabilities that could allow users who can create or edit Apache config files to...

[slackware-security] php81

New php81 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: extra/php81/php81-8.1.30-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Bypass of CVE-2024-4577, Parameter Injection Vulnerability...

[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-115.8.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mo...

[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-115.6.0-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[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-102.5.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update 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 security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.11.20-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: It was possible to trigger an INSIST in...

[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 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] 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-1.0.6-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes multiple security vulnerabilities. For more information, see:...

[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...