PHP

New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. PHP has been relinked with the shared PCRE library to fix an overflow issue with PHP's builtin PRCE code, and PEAR::XMLRPC has been upgraded to version 1.4.0 which eliminates the eval...

New OpenSSH packages

Upgraded OpenSSH 3.7.1p2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0 and -current. This fixes security problems with PAM authentication. It also includes several code cleanups from Solar Designer. Slackware is not vulnerable to the PAM problem, and it is not believed that any of the other code...

[slackware-security] Slackware 15.0 kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix bugs and security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-5.15.145/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and security issues. Thanks to jwoithe for the PCI fix! Be sure to upgrade your...

[slackware-security] libX11

New libX11 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/libX11-1.8.7-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: libX11: out-of-bounds memory access ...

[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] 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] 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-7.4.30-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: mysqlnd/pdo password buffer overflow. Uninitialized...

[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-68.8.0esr-i686-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more...

[slackware-security] bind

New bind 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/bind-9.10.8-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Fixed a bug where extraordinarily large zone...

[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] 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...

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] 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...

[slackware-security] openssl

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 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-2010-0433 https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2010-0740 A...

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...

xine-lib

New xine-lib 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-2009-0385 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLo...

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] 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] php

New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. Note that PHP5 is not the default PHP for Slackware 10.2 or 11.0 those use PHP4, so if your PHP code is not ready for PHP5, don't upgrade until it is or you'll by definition run into problems...

[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...

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] 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-8.12.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release fixes the following security issues: gzip integer overflow eventfd double close...

[slackware-security] httpd

New httpd 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/httpd-2.4.62-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. The first CVE is for Windows, but th...

[slackware-security] libuv

New libuv 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/libuv-1.48.0-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a server-side request forgery SSRF flaw. Thanks to alex2grad for the...

[slackware-security] python3

New python3 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/python3-3.9.18-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fixed an issue where instances of ssl.SSLSocket we...

[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] 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] 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] 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-1.0.7-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see:...

[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] 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] 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] 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] httpd

New httpd 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/httpd-2.4.12-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes the following security issues: CVE-2014-3583...

[slackware-security] gnupg

New gnupg 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/gnupg-1.4.19-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. Use ciphertext blinding for Elgamal decryption CVE-2014-3591. See...

[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] 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] 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...

cvs

New cvs packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability which could allow an attacker to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. More details about this issue may...

metamail security update

Metamail is a set of utilities for processing MIME mail. New metamail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current. These fix two format string bugs and two buffer overflows which could lead to unauthorized code execution. Thanks to Ulf Hrnhammar for discovering these problems...

[slackware-security] libarchive

New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.7.3-i586-2slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched an out-of-bound error in the rar e8 filter that could allow for the...

[slackware-security] flac

New flac 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/flac-1.3.4-i586-1slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes overflow issues with encoding and decoding. 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] libjpeg-turbo

New libjpeg-turbo 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/libjpeg-turbo-2.0.5-i586-1slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and a security issue: Fixed an issue in the PPM read...

[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...