Bind/Thunderbird Updates for Slackware
Posted on: 07/09/2011 08:31 AM
Updated Bind and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware Linux
[slackware-security] bind (SSA:2011-189-01)
New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.37, and -current to fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/bind-9.7.3_P3-i486-1_slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. A specially constructed packet will cause BIND 9 ("named") to exit, affecting DNS service. The issue exists in BIND 9.6.3 and newer. "Change #2912 (see CHANGES) exposed a latent bug in the DNS message processing code that could allow certain UPDATE requests to crash named. This was fixed by disambiguating internal database representation vs DNS wire format data. [RT #24777] [CVE-2011-2464]" For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2464 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you.
New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-3.1.11-i486-1_slack13.37.txz: Upgraded. This release contains security fixes and improvements. For more information, see: http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird30.html (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you.