[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] 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-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-24.4.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[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...

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:...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 12.2, 13.0, and -current to fix security issues. The Firefox 3.0.16 package may also be used with Slackware 11.0 or newer. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:...

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:...

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...

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] vim

New vim packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found here: http://www.rdancer.org/vulnerablevim.html Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/vim-7.1.330-i486-1slack12.1.tgz:...

[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] firefox

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue. More details about the issues may be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlfirefox1.5.0.3 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog:...

[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:...

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...

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...

[slackware-security] rsync

New rsync 2.6.3 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to a fix security issue when rsync is run as a non-chrooted server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...

[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...

[slackware-security] getmail

New getmail packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a security issue. If getmail is used as root to deliver to user owned files or directories, it can be made to overwrite system files. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposur...

quotacheck security fix in rc.M

An upgraded sysvinit package is available which fixes a problem with the use of quotacheck in /etc/rc.d/rc.M. The original version of rc.M calls quotacheck like this: echo "Checking filesystem quotas: /sbin/quotacheck -avugM" /sbin/quotacheck -avugM The 'M' option is wrong. This causes the...

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...

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] 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-10.4p1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a number of security fixes: sftp1: when downloading files on the...

[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-8.14.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: No QUIC certificate pinning with wolfSSL. QUIC certificate...

[slackware-security] emacs

New emacs 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/emacs-30.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: Fix shell injection vulnerability in man.el...

[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] 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'...

[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-2.53.17-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. 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-3.6.15-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. libgnutls: Fixed "norenegotiation" alert handling at incorrect timing, which could lead ...

[slackware-security] seamonkey

New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.53.3-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] libarchive

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.4.2-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update includes security fixes in the RAR5 reader. Security fix Where ...

[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-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-45.2.0-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements...

[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-45.1.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] php

New php 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/php-5.6.19-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[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-38.6.0esr-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-38.2.1esr-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-38.1.1esr-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 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-31.2.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information,...

mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird 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-thunderbird-17.0.3-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements...

[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-solibs-2.14-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. patches/packages/seamonkey-2.14-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This...

[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-16.0-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...