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(FALSE ALARM ON) ncftp
Hey folks, An advisory recently went out on NcFTP, but it appears that the issue in question was fixed long ago in version 3.1.5, released on 2002-10-13. I received an email at [email protected] from a well-meaning user informing me that 3.1.9 had a security issue that was going unpatched: I...
ncftp
New ncftp packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found on the NcFTP site: http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/doc/changelog.html3.1.5 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:...
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 Also updated is Firefox in Slackware...
gaim
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix several security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.3.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.3.0. This fixe...
xine-lib
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. The xine frontends have also been upgraded. For more details on the xine-lib security issues, see: http://xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-8 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1...
infozip
New infozip zip/unzip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. - From the www.info-zip.org site: Zip 2.3 and presumably all previous versions have a buffer- overrun vulnerability relating to deep directory paths that could potentially le...
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 Also updated is Firefox in Slackware...
gaim
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix several security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gaim-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.2.1. According...
Python SimpleXMLRPCServer module
New Python packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue in the SimpleXMLRPCServer library module. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/python-2.4.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to python-2.4.1. From the python.org...
CVS
New CVS packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. 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-2005-0753 Here are the details from t...
PHP
New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the PHP ChangeLogs on the PHP web site: http://php.net Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:...
Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird
New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 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 Also updated are Firefox and Thunderbi...
[slackware-security] libtiff
New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues that could lead to application crashes, or possibly execution of arbitrary code. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...
[slackware-security] apache+mod_ssl
New apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Apache has been upgraded to version 1.3.33 which fixes a buffer overflow which may allow local users to execute arbitrary code as the apache user. The modssl package has also been upgraded t...
[slackware-security] apache, mod_ssl, php
New apache and modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. Apache has been upgraded to version 1.3.32 which fixes a heap-based buffer overflow in modproxy. modssl was upgraded from version modssl-2.8.19-1.3.31 to version 2.8.21-1.3.32 whic...
[slackware-security] gaim
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a buffer overflow in the MSN protocol. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...
[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...
[slackware-security] xine-lib
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. For more details, see: http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-4 http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-5 Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog:...
[slackware-security] Mozilla
New Mozilla 1.7.3 packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/mozilla-1.7.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to mozilla-1.7.3. The Mozilla page says this fixes some "minor security holes". It also brea...
[slackware-security] GTK+ image loading flaws
New GTK+ version 2 packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix issues in the image loader routines that can crash applications. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: l/gtk+2-2.4.10-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gtk+-2.4.10. This fixes security issues in the image...
[slackware-security] CUPS DoS
New CUPS packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a denial of service issue where a malformed packet can crash the CUPS server. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...
[slackware-security] samba DoS
New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current. These fix two denial of service vulnerabilities reported by iDEFENSE. Slackware -current has been upgraded to samba-3.0.7, while the samba-3.0.5 included with Slackware 10.0 has been patched to fix these issues. Sites running Samba...
[slackware-security] kde
New kdelibs and kdebase packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0689...
[slackware-security] gaim updated again
A couple of bugs were found in the gaim 0.82 release, and gaim-0.82.1 was released to fix them. In addition, gaim-encryption-2.29 did not work with gaim-0.82 due to changes in the header files, so the gaim-encryption plugin has also been updated to gaim-encryption-2.30. Here are the details from...
[slackware-security] gaim
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix several security issues. Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: Thu Aug 26 17:14:09 PDT 2004 patches/packages/gaim-0.82-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to...
[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...
[slackware-security] sox
New sox packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix buffer overflow security issues that could allow a malicious WAV file to execute arbitrary code. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: Sat Aug 7 17:17:20 AKDT 2004...
[slackware-security] imagemagick
New imagemagick packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues with PNG images. More details about the issues with PNG may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597...
[slackware-security] Mozilla
New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix a number of security issues. Slackware 10.0 and -current were upgraded to Mozilla 1.7.2, and Slackware 9.1 was upgraded to Mozilla 1.4.3. As usual, new versions of Mozilla require new versions of things that link with...
Slackware 9.0, libpng correction
In the previous advisory for libpng SSA:2004-222-01, the URL provided for the Slackware 9.0 patch mistakenly pointed to the old unpatched package. Slackware 9.0 users should follow the URL below for the new package:...
libpng
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues. These issues could cause program crashes, or possibly allow arbitrary code embedded in a malicious PNG image to execute. The PNG library is widely used within the system, so all sites should...
alternate samba package for Slackware 10.0
It was pointed out that the new Samba packages for Slackware 10.0 and -current have a dependency on libattr.so that wasn't in the previous packages. Since it's not the intent to introduce new requirements in security patches especially for stable versions, an alternate version of the samba packag...
new mod_ssl packages
New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix a security issue. A format string vulnerability in modproxy hook functions could allow an attacker to run code as the modssl user. Sites using modssl should upgrade be sure to back up your existing key files...
new samba packages
New samba packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0 and -current to fix security issues. More details about these issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0600...
PHP
New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, and -current to fix security issues memorylimit handling and a problem in the striptags function. Sites using PHP should upgrade. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...
kernel DoS
New kernel packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Without a patch to asm-i386/i387.h, a local user can crash the machine. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database:...
cvs
New cvs packages that have been upgraded to cvs-1.11.17 are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix various security issues. Sites running a CVS server should upgrade to the new CVS package right away. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and...
PHP local security issue
New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. These fix a problem in previous Slackware php packages where linking PHP against a static library in an insecure path under /tmp could allow a local attacker to place shared libraries at this locatio...
mod_ssl
New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to modssl-2.8.18-1.3.31 fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if modssl is...
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...
kdelibs
New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1 and -current to fix security issues with URI handling. 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-2004-0411 Here are the details fr...
mc
New mc packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix security issues that These could lead to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code as the user running mc. Sites that use mc should upgrade to the new mc package. More details about this issue may be found in t...
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...
lha update in bin package
New bin- packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix buffer overflows and directory traversal vulnerabilities in the 'lha' archive utility. Sites using 'lha' should upgrade to the new bin package right away. More details about these issues may be found in the Common...
libpng update
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix an issue where libpng could be caused to crash, perhaps creating a denial of service issue if network services are linked with it. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures C...
xine-lib update
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix a security issue where playing a specially crafted Real RTSP stream could run malicious code as the user playing the stream. More details about this issue may be found in this advisory:...
sysklogd update
New sysklogd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue where a user could cause syslogd to crash. Thanks to Steve Grubb who researched the issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog: Sun May 2 17:16:41 PDT 2004...
rsync update
New rsync packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. When running an rsync server without the chroot option it is possible for an attacker to write outside of the allowed directory. Any sites running rsync in that mode should upgrade right away and...