mozilla-firefox

A new mozilla-firefox package is available for Slackware 12.2 to fix security issues. The updated packages may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-42.html...

[slackware-security] zoo archiver overflow

New bin packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue with the zoo archive program. A non-security- related upgrade to the newest version of "eject" was also done. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bin-10.2-i486-210.2.tgz:...

[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:...

gxine format string vulnerability

New gxine packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a format string security issue. 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-2005-1692 Here are the details from...

Pine update fixes insecure URL-handling

Pine 4.44 packages are now available to fix a problem with insecure URL handling. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: Sat Jan 12 13:05:33 PST 2002 patches/packages/pine.tgz: Fix a security problem with pine by upgrading to pine4.44. More details from the Pine Announcement Lis...

Local /tmp vulnerability fixed in ppp-off

A local /tmp bug in the /usr/sbin/ppp-off program was found. This bug could allow a local user to corrupt system files. A fix has been made and an updated package is now available in the -current branch. The package described below will work for users of Slackware 7.0, 7.1, and -current...

: glibc 2.1.3 vulnerabilities patched

Three locale-related vulnerabilities with glibc 2.1.3 were recently reported on BugTraq. These vulnerabilities could allow local users to gain root access. Users of Slackware 7.0, 7.1, and -current are strongly urged to upgrade to the new glibc packages in the -current branch...

wu-ftpd remote exploit patched

A remote exploit has been found in the FTP daemon, wu-ftpd. This can allow an attacker full access to your machine. The wu-ftpd daemon is part of the tcpip1.tgz package in the N series. A new tcpip1.tgz package is now available in the Slackware 7.1 tree. We have also provided a seperate patch...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl 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/curl-8.14.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: WebSocket endless loop. For more information, see:...

[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] libarchive

New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes multiple security vulnerabilities in the PAX writer...

[slackware-security] openssh

New openssh 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/openssh-9.2p1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains fixes for two security problems and a memory safety problem. The...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin 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/pidgin-2.14.10-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and several security issues. For more information, see:...

[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-3.6.13-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: libgnutls: Fix a DTLS-protocol regression caused by...

[slackware-security] libplist

New libplist 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/libplist-2.0.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes several security issues. For more information, see:...

[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] 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-38.7.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.10.11-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains login fixes for MSN and some XMPP servers. Where to find the new...

[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-24.7.0esr-i486-1slack14.1.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-24.2.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-nss

New mozilla-nss 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/mozilla-nss-3.15.3-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

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-20.0-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.7.6P3-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue where named could crash on a...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.37, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 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/pidgin-2.7.10-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed potential information disclosure issue in libpurple...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.6.11-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This fixes some security issues. For more information, see:...

kernel [updated]

This is a followup to the SSA:2009-230-01 advisory noting some errata. The generic SMP kernel update for Slackware 12.2 was built using the .config for a huge kernel, not a generic one. The kernel previously published as kernel-generic-smp and in the gemsmp.s directory works and is secure, but is...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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 12.2...

[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 11.0 and 12.0 to fix two possible security issues. This package may also be used on many older versions of Slackware though we're not certain how far back... More details about the issues may be found here:...

[slackware-security] Slackware 11.0 x11-6.9.0 patch fix

A new x11-6.9.0-i486-14slack11.0.tgz patch is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix the inadvertent inclusion of two old fontconfig binaries. Installing the original fontconfig patch followed by the original x11 patch would cause fc-cache and fc-list to be overwritten by old versions, breaking...

[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:...

Mozilla/Firefox

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 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 New versions of the mozilla-plugins symlink...

XV

New XV image viewer packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. Format string and other issues could cause a crash or execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted image is loaded with XV. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1...

PHP packages updated again for 8.1, 9.0, 9.1

Sorry folks, I mistakenly used a build template that was too new to build the first round of PHP packages for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and 9.1, which tried to place the module in /usr/libexec/apache older versions of Slackware use /usr/libexec instead, and tried to link to incorrect libraries and...

gaim

New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix some minor security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.3.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.3.1 and...

[slackware-security] zlib DoS

New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix a possible denial of service security issue. 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-2004-797 Here are the details...

glibc glob overflow patched

A buffer overflow has been found in the glob3 function in glibc. Fixed packages for Slackware 8.0 are now available. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: Fri Jan 11 14:07:07 PST 2002 patches/packages/glibc.tgz, patches/packages/glibcso.tgz: Fixed a buffer overflow in the glob3...

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...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python3-3.9.22-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: gh-131809 and gh-131261: Upgrade vendored expat to 2.7.1...

[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] 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-3.8.9-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fix potential DoS in handling certificates with numerous name constraints, as ...

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

[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] kcron

New kcron packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kcron-21.12.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: kcron: Invalid temporary file handling. Thanks to pbslxw for the...

[slackware-security] emacs

New emacs 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/emacs-29.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Emacs 29.4 is an emergency bugfix release intended to fix a security vulnerability: Arbitrar...

[slackware-security] postfix

New postfix 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/postfix-3.6.13-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Security: this release adds support to defend against an email spoofing attack SMTP...

[slackware-security] util-linux

New util-linux 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/util-linux-2.37.4-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Copy /etc/pam.d/login to /etc/pam.d/remote. This is needed for /bin/login's '-h'...