Linux Compatible - Slackware (Page 13)

m4 (SSA:2008-098-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-07 23:05 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New m4 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 the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688

bzip2 (SSA:2008-098-02)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-07 23:04 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New bzip2 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 a DoS 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=CVE-2008-1372

openssh (SSA:2008-095-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-05 10:56 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New openssh 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 a 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=CVE-2008-1483

Slackware Linux 12.1 RC1

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-03 15:23 by Philipp Esselbach 0

Slackware Linux 12.1 RC1 has been released

cups (SSA:2008-094-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-03 14:23 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. The change from CUPS 1.2.x to CUPS 1.3.x was tested here, but if you're on a completely secured internal network these issues may be less of a risk than upgrading. If your IPP port is open to the internet, you'd be advised to upgrade as soon as possible (or firewall the port at the gateway if you're not in need of printer jobs coming in from the internet).

More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0047
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1373

xine-lib (SSA:2008-092-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-04-01 14:19 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 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=CVE-2008-1482

seamonkey (SSA:2008-089-02)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-03-30 13:00 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.

For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#seamonkey

mozilla-firefox (SSA:2008-089-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-03-30 12:59 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.

For more information, see:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox

xine-lib (SSA:2008-089-03)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-03-30 12:55 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 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=CVE-2008-0073

mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2008-061-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-03-02 10:40 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.

httpd (SSA:2008-045-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-02-15 10:20 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 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=CVE-2007-6421
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6422
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0005

php (SSA:2008-045-03)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-02-15 10:19 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New php-4.4.8 packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues.

More details about the issues may be found here:
http://bugs.php.net/43010

apache (SSA:2008-045-02)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-02-15 10:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New apache 1.3.41 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and 11.0 to fix security issues.

A new matching mod_ssl package is also provided.

More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3847

firefox, seamonkey (SSA:2008-043-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-02-13 10:52 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues. New seamonkey updates are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current to address similar issues.

GNOME SlackBuild RC1: GNOME 2.20.3 Desktop for Slackware 12

Slackware 1231 Published 2008-01-17 08:15 by Philipp Esselbach 0

GNOME SlackBuild RC1, a GNOME 2.20.3 Desktop for Slackware 12, has been released

samba (SSA:2007-344-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2007-12-11 08:57 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a security issue. A boundary failure in GETDC mailslot processing can result in a buffer overrun leading to possible code execution.

More details about the issue will become available in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6015

rsync (SSA:2007-335-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2007-12-02 14:22 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New rsync 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 the issues may be found here:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4091
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2007/000050.html

firefox (SSA:2007-331-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2007-11-28 10:49 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.

libpng for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 (SSA:2007-325-01a)

Slackware 1231 Published 2007-11-23 06:18 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New libpng packages are available for Slackware 10.1 and 10.2 that were left out of the last batch of updates. These fix the same security problems as the other 1.2.23 upgrades.

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=CVE-2007-5266
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5267
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5268
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5269

xpdf/poppler/koffice/kdegraphics (SSA:2007-316-01)

Slackware 1231 Published 2007-11-12 12:35 by Philipp Esselbach 0

New xpdf packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current. New poppler packages are available for Slackware 12.0 and -current. New koffice packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and -current. New kdegraphics packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current.

These updated packages address similar bugs which could be used to crash applications linked with poppler or that use code from xpdf through the use of a malformed PDF document. It is possible that a maliciously crafted document could cause code to be executed in the context of the user running the application processing the PDF.

These advisories and CVE entries cover the bugs:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4352
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5392
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20071107-1.txt