CUPS update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New cups packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. These updates address various bugs and security vulnerabilities, including local denial-of-service (DoS) issues and unresponsive cupsd processes. The updated packages can be downloaded from the official Slackware FTP server or other mirror sites listed on the "Get Slack" section of slackware.com. To install the update, users should upgrade the package as root using upgradepkg, followed by restarting the CUPS server with /etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart.

cups (SSA:2025-331-01)

Libpng update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The libpng package for Slackware 15.0 and -current has been updated to address security issues, including CVE-2025-64505, CVE-2025-64506, CVE-2025-64720, and CVE-2025-65018. These updates fix heap buffer overflows and over-reads in the PNG library, which could potentially be exploited by attackers.

libpng (SSA:2025-327-01)

OpenVPN update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New openvpn packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. The update, which includes OpenVPN version 2.6.16, fixes a bug that renders HMAC-based protection against state exhaustion when receiving spoofed TLS handshake packets inefficient. Users can find the new packages at ftp.slackware.com or additional mirror sites listed on slackware.com.

openvpn (SSA:2025-323-01)

Libarchive update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New libarchive packages have been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix several security issues. The update includes patches to prevent buffer overruns, including one in LHA when using p[H_LEVEL_OFFSET] and another in 7-Zip when reading truncated headers.

libarchive (SSA:2025-322-01)

Seamonkey update for Slackware 15

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New SeaMonkey packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues, with an update from version 2.53.21 to 2.53.22. The updated packages contain security fixes and improvements, as mentioned on the official SeaMonkey website. Users can download the new packages from the Slackware FTP server or additional mirror sites listed on the "Get Slack" section of the Slackware website. To upgrade, users should run the command upgradepkg seamonkey-2.53.22-i686-1_slack15.0.txz as root.

seamonkey (SSA:2025-305-01)

OpenSSL update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A security update for the OpenSSL package has been released to fix a moderate severity issue. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-9230, allows an attacker to potentially overread and overwrite data by up to 8 bytes, but the probability of a successful exploit is considered low.

openssl (SSA:2025-296-01)

Bind update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New versions of the bind package are available to fix security issues for Slackware 15.0 and -current. The update fixes several vulnerabilities, including DNSSEC validation failures, spoofing attacks, and cache poisoning due to a weak pseudo-random number generator.

bind (SSA:2025-295-01)

Stunnel update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

A new version of stunnel, a secure tunneling package, has been released to address a security issue. The update fixes a vulnerability that could lead to unintended configurations when using service-level multivalued options with global defaults. Updated packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current, including both i586 and x86_64 architectures.

stunnel (SSA:2025-291-01)

Samba update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New Samba packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues, including uninitialized memory disclosure via vfs_streams_xattr and command injection via the WINS server hook script. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2025-9640 and CVE-2025-10230, have been addressed in the new package releases.

samba (SSA:2025-288-01)

Thunderbird and Firefox updates for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New packages for Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox are available to fix security issues on Slackware 15.0 and -current. The updates contain security fixes and improvements, with details available through links provided by the Slackware Linux Security Team. Users can download the updated packages from the Slackware FTP server or other mirror sites listed in the "Get Slack" section of the Slackware website. To upgrade the package, users should run the command upgradepkg as root on the downloaded package file.

mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2025-287-02)
mozilla-firefox (SSA:2025-287-01)

Python update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New packages of Python 3 have been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address security issues. The updates include python3-3.9.24 for Slackware 15.0 and python3-3.12.12 for Slackware-current, with the latter being a different version than previously installed on the system.

python3 (SSA:2025-282-01)

Fetchmail update for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

New fetchmail packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address a security issue where the SMTP client can crash when authenticating. The updated packages, which include version 6.4.27 for Slackware 15.0 and version 6.5.6 for Slackware-current, can be downloaded from the Slackware FTP site or additional mirror sites. To install the updates, users should run the command "upgradepkg fetchmail-6.4.27-i586-2_slack15.0.txz" as root.

fetchmail (SSA:2025-276-01)

Expat, Firefox, Thunderbird updates for Slackware

Slackware 1231 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The Slackware Linux Security Team has released new packages to fix security issues for three applications: expat, mozilla-firefox, and mozilla-thunderbird. The updated packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current, and can be downloaded from the Slackware project's FTP servers or mirror sites. The updates include security fixes and improvements for expat (version 2.7.2), mozilla-firefox (version 140.3.0esr), and mozilla-thunderbird (version 140.3.0esr).

expat (SSA:2025-260-01)
mozilla-firefox (SSA:2025-260-02)
mozilla-thunderbird (SSA:2025-260-03)

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