CUPS DoS vulnerability fixed

Upgraded CUPS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, and -current to fix a denial of service attack vulnerability. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Thu May 29 00:52:54 PDT 2003 patches/packages/cups-1.1.19-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to cups-1.1.19. A denial of service...

Security updates: at, sudo, xchat

New packages are now available to address security issues with the at scheduler program found in Slackware 8.0's bin.tgz package, sudo, and xchat. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: Mon Jan 21 13:21:07 PST 2002 patches/packages/at.tgz: Fixed a buffer overflow. Security fix...

buffer overflow vulnerability in Pine

Pine versions 4.21 and before contain a buffer overflow vulnerability which allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the local client by the sending of a special-crafted email message. The overflow occurs during the periodic "new mail" checking of an open folder. By upgrading to Pine 4.3...

root exploit with xlockmore fixed

A root exploit has been found in xlockmore packaged with Slackware. By providing a carefully crafted display variable to xlock, it is possible for a local attacker to gain root access. Anyone running xlock on a public machine should upgrade to this version of xlock or disable xlock altogether...

Buffer Overflow in fdmount

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emacs & gpm fixes for Slackware 7.0 & -current

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[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-140.14.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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-10.5p1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a number of security fixes and small bugfixes. For more...

[slackware-security] libssh

New libssh 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/libssh-0.11.5-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Stack buffer overflow in SFTP server longname...

[slackware-security] p11-kit

New p11-kit 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/p11-kit-0.26.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: server: fixed stack exhaustion via unbounded...

[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-140.10.2esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[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-140.10.2esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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-140.10.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For...

[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-1.16.2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed missing security fixes in the 1.16.1 release. Security fix Where to find the new...

[slackware-security] gvfs

New gvfs 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/gvfs-1.48.1-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: ftp: Use control connection address for PASV data. ftp:...

[slackware-security] lcms2

New lcms2 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/lcms2-2.18-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix for 469 heap buffer overflow on convertutf16toutf32...

[slackware-security] libxslt

New libxslt 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/libxslt-1.1.44-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update addresses some security issues: CVE-2025-9714 Fix: Was a false positive,...

[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-2.53.22-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] fetchmail

New fetchmail 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/fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: fetchmail SMTP client can crash when...

[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-2.7.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fix alignment of internal allocations for some non-amd64 architectures e.g. sparc32; fixes ...

[slackware-security] Slackware 15.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kernel-firmware-2025070899d64b4-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded. patches/packages/linux-5.15.187/kernel-generic-5.15.187-i586-1.txz: Upgraded...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.20.14-i586-17slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Check for another possible integer overflow once we get a complete xReq with...

[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-128.10.1esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-3slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: schemas: Fix heap buffer overflow in...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl 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/openssl-1.1.1zbp2-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Apply patch to fix a low severity security issue: Fix timing side-channel in ECDSA...

[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-9.0.1667-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This fixes a rare divide-by-zero bug that could cause vim to crash. In an interactive progra...

[slackware-security] aaa_base

New aaabase 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/aaabase-15.0-i586-4slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. If root's mailbox did not already exist, it would be created with insecure permissions...

[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-68.8.0-i686-1slack14.2.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, and 14.1 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/pidgin-2.11.0-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. NOTE: These packages provide updates to pidgin-2.11.0, since the previous...

[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-38.6.0-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-38.2.1esr-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-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] libgpg-error

New libgpg-error packages are available for Slackware 13.37 and 14.0. These are needed for the updated gnupg2 package. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libgpg-error-1.11-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This package upgrade was needed by the new version of...

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-17.0.2-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements...

[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...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 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-9.7.6P2-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. Prevents a named assert crash when validating caused by...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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/mozilla-firefox-14.0.1-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 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/php-5.3.14-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a weakness in the DES implementation of...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 13.0 and 13.1 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-3.6.19-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] shadow

New shadow packages are available for Slackware 13.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/shadow-4.1.4.3-i486-2slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Corrected a packaging error where incorrect permissions on /usr/sbin/lastlog and...

[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-3.6.15-i686-1.txz: Upgraded. Firefox 3.6.15 is a security and stability update to Firefox 3.6.x...

udev reissued for 12.2/current

Updated udev packages are available for Slackware 12.2, and -current to fix a serial device ownership regression in 12.2, adjust the perms on /dev/rtc0, and make sure that the /dev/root symlink is properly created. Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla site: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html Here are the details from the Slackwar...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues. These releases are the last to contain PHP 4.4.x, which was upgraded to version 4.4.9 to fix PCRE issues and other bugs. Please note that this is the FINAL release of PHP4, and it has already passed the announced...

[slackware-security] mozilla-thunderbird

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla site: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird20.html Here are the details from the Slackwar...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. For more information, see: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlfirefox Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] glibc-zoneinfo

New glibc-zoneinfo packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to update the timezone tables to the latest versions. If you've noticed your clock has wandered off, these packages should fix the problem. This isn't really a "security issue" or is a minor on...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security and other issues. More details about these issues may be found on the PHP website: http://www.php.net Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-4.4.4-i486-1slack10.2.tgz: Upgraded to...