[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 13.37 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.3.3-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.0.10-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes some more security vulnerabilities. For more...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla web site: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey20.html Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] thunderbird

New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlthunderbird Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] mozilla security/EOL

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and -current to fix multiple security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlmozilla Also note that this release marks the EOL End Of Life for the...

[slackware-security] PHP

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix minor security issues relating to the overwriting of the GLOBALS array. It has been reported here that this new version of PHP also breaks squirrelmail and probably some other things. Given the vague nature of the security...

Thunderbird email client

New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue: MFSA 2005-59 Command-line handling on Linux allows shell execution More details about this issue may be found on the Mozilla web site:...

java (jre, j2sdk)

Sun has released a couple of security advisories pertaining to both the Java Runtime Environment and the Standard Edition Development Kit. These could allow applets to read or write to local files. For more details, Sun's advisories may be found here:...

(FALSE ALARM ON) ncftp

Hey folks, An advisory recently went out on NcFTP, but it appears that the issue in question was fixed long ago in version 3.1.5, released on 2002-10-13. I received an email at [email protected] from a well-meaning user informing me that 3.1.9 had a security issue that was going unpatched: I...

Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix various security issues and bugs. See the Mozilla site for a complete list of the issues patched: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlMozilla Also updated are Firefox and Thunderbi...

[slackware-security] lftp security update

lftp is a file transfer program that connects to other hosts using FTP, HTTP, and other protocols. A security problem with lftp has been corrected with the release of lftp-2.6.10. New packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. Any sites using lftp should upgrade to the new...

sendmail and procmail update

An input validation error in sendmail has been discovered by Cade Cairns of SecurityFocus. This problem can be exploited by local users to gain root access. It is not exploitable by remote attackers without shell access. New packages based on sendmail.8.11.6 have been prepared for Slackware 7.1 a...

wuftpd vulnerability - Slackware 4.0, 7.0, 7.1, -current

A vulnerability involving an input validation error in the "site exec" command has recently been identified in the wu-ftpd program CERT Advisory CA-2000-13. More information about this problem can be found at this site: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html The wu-ftpd daemon is part of...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] libinput

New libinput 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/libinput-1.31.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: libinput-device-group unescaped phys output can...

[slackware-security] net-tools

New net-tools 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/net-tools-201811030eebece-i586-4slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: interface.c: Stack-based Buffer Overfl...

[slackware-security] rsync

New rsync 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/rsync-3.4.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: TOCTOU symlink race condition allowing local privilege...

[slackware-security] dnsmasq

New dnsmasq 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/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] expat

New expat 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/expat-2.7.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update addresses a security issue: Fix crash from chaining a large number of entities...

[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-128.5.2esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 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/python3-3.9.21-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: gh-126623: Upgraded libexpat to 2.6.4 to fix...

[slackware-security] gdk-pixbuf2

New gdk-pixbuf2 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/gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.12-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. ani: Reject files with multiple INA or IART chunks. ani: Reject files with...

[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-2.4.6-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed use-after-free when logging warnings in case of failures in cupsdAcceptClient. F...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.6.15-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fixed "norenegotiation" alert handling at incorrect timing, which could lead ...

[slackware-security] proftpd

New proftpd 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/proftpd-1.3.6c-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. No CVEs assigned, but this sure looks like a security issue: Use-after-fr...

[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-52.1.0esr-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.46-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, se...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin 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/pidgin-2.11.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-38.7.1esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-38.5.0esr-x8664-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. 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-38.4.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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-firefox-31.4.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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-2.29-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. Security fix...

[slackware-security] dhcpcd

New dhcpcd packages are available for Slackware 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/dhcpcd-6.0.5-i486-3slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue where a specially crafted packet...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-17.0.9esr-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.13.1-i486-1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] vsftpd

New vsftpd packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to work around a vulnerability in glibc. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/vsftpd-2.3.5-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Minor version bump, this also wor...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: patches/packages/seamonkey-2.2-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] rdesktop

New rdesktop 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/rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a traversal vulnerability disallow /.. requests...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.6.9-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see:...

mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. The Firefox 3.0.15 package may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:...

seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla web site: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/seamonkey11.html Here are the details from the Slackware...

[slackware-security] links

New links packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue when using proxies. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-3329 Here are the details from the...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 11.0 ChangeLog: extra/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.1/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.1-i686-1.tgz: Upgraded to Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1. This upgrade fixes several possible securit...

[slackware-security] firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey

New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, a new Seamonkey package is available for Slackware -current to fix similar issues. More details about the issues may be found here:...

[slackware-security] Apache httpd redux

New Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a bug with Apache 1.3.35 and glibc that breaks wildcards in Include directives. It may not occur with all versions of glibc, but it has been verified on -current using an Include within a file...

[slackware-security] firefox

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlfirefox1.5.0.1 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] xine-lib

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. For more details, see: http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-4 http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-5 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog:...

Samba buffer overflow fixed

The samba packages in Slackware 8.1 and -current have been patched to fix a security problem. All sites running samba should upgrade. Here are the details from the Slackware 8.1 ChangeLog: Sat Mar 15 13:49:04 PST 2003 patches/packages/samba-2.2.8-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to Samba 2.2.8. From the Samb...