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...

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] 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...

XFree86 security update

New XFree86 base packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix overflows which could possibly be exploited to gain unauthorized root access. All sites running XFree86 should upgrade to the new package. More details about these issues may be found in the Common...

[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] ghostscript

New ghostscript 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/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Fixes security issues: A vulnerability was identified in the way...

[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-115.3.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[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...

[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-8.0.1-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: SSH connection too eager reuse still. HS...

[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-7.84.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Set-Cookie denial of service. HTTP...

[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-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes a security issue in chsh1 and chfn8: By default, these...

[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-2.53.7-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see:...

[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-68.5.0-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] mozilla-firefox

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-60.7.1esr-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains a security fix and improvements. The patched...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.6.16-i586-2slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This update patches some security issues: CVE-2018-14629: Unprivileged adding o...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.4.12-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: All versions of Samba prior to 4.6.1,...

[slackware-security] cups

New cups packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 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/cups-1.5.4-i486-4slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This release fixes a security issue: CWE-911: Improper Update of...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.9.6P2-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Fix some denial-of-service and other security issues. For more...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba 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/samba-4.1.17-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This package fixes security issues since the last update: BUG 11077: CVE-2015-0240: talloc...

[slackware-security] ntp

New ntp 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, and -current to fix a security issue. If a spoofed mode 7 packet is sent to a vulnerable NTP daemon it may cause CPU and/or disk space exhaustion, resulting in a denial of service. More...

samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0022 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] libpng

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-2445 Here are the details from the...

[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-1.12.0-i586-8slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Recompiled against xorg-server-1.20.14, including patches for security issues:...

[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] 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-2.90-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Add limits on the resources used to do DNSSEC validation. For more information, see:...

[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] 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-9.0.0594-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed stack-based buffer overflow. Thanks to marav for the heads-up. In addition, Mig21...

[slackware-security] poppler

New poppler 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/poppler-21.12.0-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. PATCH JBIG2Stream: Fix crash on broken file. 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-91.10.0esr-i686-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] irssi

New irssi 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/irssi-1.2.3-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. See the NEWS file for details...

[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-5.6.37-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Several security bugs have been fixed in this release, including: Int Overflow lea...

[slackware-security] python

New python 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/python-2.7.15-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Updated to the latest 2.7.x release. This fixes some security issues in...

[slackware-security] samba

New samba packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security a issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/samba-4.4.16-i586-3slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt. This is a security update in order to patch the following defect: On a Samba 4...

[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-5.6.29-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and 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-45.5.1-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. F...

[slackware-security] libxml2

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes bugs and security issues: Heap-based buffer underreads due to...

[slackware-security] imagemagick

New imagemagick 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/imagemagick-6.8.610-i486-2slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. This update addresses several security issues in ImageMagick, including:...

[slackware-security] gdk-pixbuf2

New gdk-pixbuf2 packages are available for Slackware 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/gdk-pixbuf2-2.28.2-i486-2slack14.1.txz: Rebuilt. Gustavo Grieco discovered a heap overflow in the processing of BM...

[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...

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-1.0.1f-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes the following security issues: Fix for TLS record tampering bu...

[slackware-security] xorg-server

New xorg-server 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/xorg-server-1.12.4-i486-2slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a use-after-free bug that can cause an ...

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] glibc

New glibc 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/glibc-2.11.1-i486-5slack13.1.txz: Rebuilt. Patched "The GNU C library dynamic linker will dlopen arbitrary DS...

[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...

[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, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, and -current to fix security issues when DNSSEC is enabled which is not the default setting. Here are the details from the Slackware 13.1 ChangeLog:...

pidgin

New pidgin packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-2694 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog...

openssl

New openssl 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 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0789 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0591...

[slackware-security] pcre

New pcre packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-2371 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] poppler

A new poppler package is available for Slackware 12.0 to fix an integer overflow. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2007-3387 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog:...

[slackware-security] gzip

New gzip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix possible security issues. More details about the issues fixed may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2005-0758...