[slackware-security] expat

New expat 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/expat-2.6.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Fix quadratic runtime issues with big tokens that can cau...

[slackware-security] gnutls

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.8.3-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two medium severity security issues: Fix more timing side-channel inside...

[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-115.4.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/httpd-2.4.58-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: moderate: Apache HTTP Server...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl 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/openssl-1.1.1t-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: X.400 address type confusion in X.509 GeneralName...

[slackware-security] php

New php 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/php-7.4.32-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: phar wrapper: DOS when using quine gzip file. Don't...

[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-91.11.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox 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/mozilla-firefox-60.7.2esr-i686-1slack14.2.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, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.6.38-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. One security bug has been fixed in this release: Apache2: XSS due to the header...

[slackware-security] git

New git 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/git-2.14.4-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Submodule "names" come from...

[slackware-security] patch

New patch 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/patch-2.7.6-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fix arbitrary shell execution possible with obsolete ed...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to mitigate the speculative side channel attack known as Spectre variant 2. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.115/: Upgraded. This kernel includes full retpoline mitigation for the Spectre varian...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.6.32-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Several security bugs were fixed in this release: Out of bounds read in...

[slackware-security] bash

New bash packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bash-4.3.048-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues found in bash before 4.4: The expansio...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.0 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-3.2.90/: Upgraded. This kernel fixes security issues including "Stack Clash". The issues may result in denial-of-service conditions or may...

[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-3.20.1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to nss-3.20.1 and nspr-4.10.10. This release contains security...

[slackware-security] mariadb

New mariadb 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/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.1.9-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues, including a flaw in Samba's internal DNS...

[slackware-security] xpdf

New xpdf packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xpdf-3.02pl5-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues that...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and 13.0 to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-3.2.15-i486-2slack13.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a buffer overflow in smbd that allows remote...

bitchx EOLed in Slackware

This is a notice that bitchx, an IRC client based on ircii-EPIC4, has been removed from Slackware -current and will not be part of future Slackware releases. Security issues and bugs have been reported, but upstream work seems to have stalled leaving bitchx in a state where there are known proble...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues including a denial or service or the possible execution of arbitrary code if untrusted XML is processed. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilitie...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to address a security problem. More details may be found at the following links: http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/bind-security.php http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800113...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues. The minimum OpenSSL version was raised to OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.8d to avoid exposure to known security flaws in older versions these patches were already issued for Slackware. ...

slackware-current security updates

This advisory summarizes recent security fixes in Slackware -current. Usually security advisories are not issued on problems that exist only within the test version of Slackware slackware-current, but since it's so close to being released as Slackware 10.2, and since there have been several...

PHP

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue with the PEAR XMLRPC class that allows a remote attacker to run arbitrary PHP code. Sites that make use of this PHP library should upgrade to the new PHP package right away, or may instead...

[slackware-security] Qt

New Qt packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. Bugs in the routines that handle PNG, BMP, GIF, and JPEG images may allow an attacker to cause unauthorized code to execute when a specially crafted image file is processed. These flaws may also cause...

apache

New apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix security issues. These include a possible denial-of-service attack as well as the ability to possible pipe shell escapes through Apache's errorlog which could create an exploit if the error log is read in a termina...

[slackware-security] nghttp2

New nghttp2 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/nghttp2-1.57.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release has a fix to mitigate the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability. For more...

[slackware-security] libXpm

New libXpm packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.17-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: libXpm: out of bounds read in...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/httpd-2.4.56-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: HTTP Response Smuggling...

[slackware-security] sdl

New sdl 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/sdl-1.2.15-i586-13slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a heap overflow problem in video/SDLpixels.c in SDL. By crafting a...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.15.13-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: This is the Samba CVE for the Windows Kerberos RC4-HMAC...

[slackware-security] vim

New vim 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/vim-9.0.1034-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes various security issues such as a heap-based buffer overflow and use after...

[slackware-security] zlib

New zlib 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/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes memory corruption when deflating i.e., when compressing...

[slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.301/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and security issues, including the recently announced i915 issue that could lead to...

[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-68.6.1esr-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains critical security fixes and improvements. "Und...

[slackware-security] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/php-5.6.26-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[slackware-security] dhcp

New dhcp 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/dhcp-4.3.3P1-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability. For more...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl 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/openssl-1.0.1g-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes two security issues: A missing bounds check in the handling of...

dhcp

New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/dhcp-4.2.5P1-i486-1slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update replaces the included BIND 9 code that the DHCP...

[slackware-security] dhcp

New dhcp packages are available for Slackware 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/dhcp-4.2.4P1-i486-1slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This fixes memory leaks, denial of service vulnerabilities, and...

[slackware-security] cups

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/cups-1.4.5-i486-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Fixed memory corruption bugs that could lead to a denial of service o...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng 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 security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libpng-1.4.3-x8664-1slack13.1.txz: Upgraded. Upgraded to libpng-1.2.44...

cups

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 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-2009-0146 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0147...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-5266...

[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-115.11.1-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mo...

[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-115.9.0-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For mor...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl 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/openssl-1.1.1v-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Fix excessive time spent checking DH q...

[slackware-security] curl

New curl packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/curl-8.1.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: more POST-after-PUT confusion. IDN...