[slackware-security] minicom

New minicom 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/minicom-2.7.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix an out of bounds data access that can lead to remot...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-45.7.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. F...

[slackware-security] blueman

New blueman packages are available for Slackware 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/blueman-r708-i486-4slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a local privilege escalation vulnerability. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 14.1 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-24.8.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] gnupg

New gnupg 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/gnupg-1.4.17-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release includes a security fix to stop a denial of service...

pidgin

New pidgin 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/pidgin-2.10.9-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes various security issues and other bugs. For...

[slackware-security] patch

New patch 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/patch-2.7-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This version of patch ignores destination filenames that are...

[slackware-security] emacs

New emacs packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/emacs-23.3-i486-2slack13.37.txz: Rebuilt. Patched to fix a security flaw in the file-local variables code. When the Emacs use...

[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, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.20-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This...

[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, 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/sudo-1.7.4p6-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fix Runas group password...

ghostscript

New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 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-2009-0196 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0583...

mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. The new packages may also be used with earlier versions of Slackware. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:...

[slackware-security] kdelibs

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 12.0 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-2008-1671 As well as from the KDE web site:...

[slackware-security] xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 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-2007-1246 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0...

[slackware-security] proftpd

New proftpd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 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-2006-5815 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-6170...

[slackware-security] gimp

New gimp packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a possible security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-3404 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:...

unzip vulnerability patched

Upgraded infozip packages are available for Slackware 9.0 and -current. These fix a security issue where a specially crafted archive may overwrite files including system files anywhere on the filesystem upon extraction by a user with sufficient permissions. For more information, see:...

SSA-2002-0731201128

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[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.8.13-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Add more checks to DTLS reassembly. Previously, gnut...

[slackware-security] zsh

New zsh packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/zsh-5.9-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security issue in zsh-5.8: Some prompt expansion sequences, such as %F, support 'argument...

[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-115.12.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] tigervnc

New tigervnc packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-6slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Recompiled against xorg-server-1.20.14, including the latest patches for several securit...

[slackware-security] sendmail

New sendmail packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: extra/sendmail/sendmail-8.18.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. sendmail through 8.17.2 allows SMTP smuggling in certain configurations. Remote...

[slackware-security] libX11

New libX11 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 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/libX11-1.8.6-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes buffer overflows in InitExt.c that could at least...

[slackware-security] cups

New cups 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/cups-2.4.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a heap buffer overflow in cupsstrlcpy, when the configuration file cupsd.conf se...

[slackware-security] cups-filters

New cups-filters 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/cups-filters-1.28.17-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. PATCH Merge pull request from GHSA-gpxc-v2m8-fr3x. With execv command line...

[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-3.87-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed memory corruption in NSS via DER-encoded DSA and RSA-PSS signatures. For...

[slackware-security] rxvt-unicode

New rxvt-unicode 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/rxvt-unicode-9.26-i586-3slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. When the "background" extension was loaded, an attacker able to control the dat...

[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-102.5.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mo...

[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-9.0.0500-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed heap-based buffer overflow. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. For more information, se...

[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-52.8.0esr-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] libXfont

New libXfont packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and 14.2 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXfont-1.5.1-i486-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. Open files with ONOFOLLOW. CVE-2017-16611 A non-privileged X...

[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-0.8.20-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two remote crash and heap corruption...

[slackware-security] libgcrypt

New libgcrypt 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/libgcrypt-1.5.5-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Mitigate chosen cipher text attacks on ECDH with Weierstra...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.33.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

[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-4.1.16-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update is a security release in order to address CVE-2014-8143 Elevation of privilege...

[slackware-security] sendmail

New sendmail 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/sendmail-8.14.9-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes one security related bug by properly...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.4.26-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a flaw where a specially crafted data file may cause a segfault or 10...

[slackware-security] acl

New acl 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/acl-2.2.50-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fix the --physical option in setfacl and getfacl to prevent...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-3.5.7-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fix memory corruption...

[slackware-security] php

New PHP5 packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix "several low priority security bugs." Note that PHP5 was not officially supported in Slackware 10.1 or 10.2 being in the /testing directory, and was not the default version of PHP for Slackware 11.0 being in the /extr...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 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-2006-5793 Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0...

[slackware-security] qt

New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix a possible security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2006-4811 Trolltech has put out a press release which may be...

Mozilla/Firefox

New Mozilla and Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues: MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution MFSA 2005-58 Firefox 1.0.7 / Mozilla Suite 1.7.12 Vulnerability Fixes MFSA 2005-57 IDN heap overrun using...

CVS

New CVS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. 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-2005-0753 Here are the details from t...

GAIM security update

GAIM is a GTK2-based Instant Messaging IM client. New GAIM packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current. 12 vulnerabilities were found in the instant messenger GAIM that allow remote compromise. All sites using GAIM should upgrade to these new packages. These are based on GAIM 0.75...

Updated KDE packages available

New KDE 3.1.1a packages are available for Slackware 9.0 which fix a security problem with the handling of PS and PDF documents. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Thu Apr 17 15:32:15 PDT 2003 patches/packages/kde/: Upgraded to KDE 3.1.1a. Also included in this directory are a...

[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-128.4.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware XXX 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix XXE protection in downstream code. For mor...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb 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/mariadb-10.5.25-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and a security issue: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allow...