Advisory: Slackware Essential And Critical Security Patch Updates

Slackware: 2009-033-01: xdg-utils Security Update

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New xdg-utils packages are available for Slackware 12.2 and -current to fix security issues. Applications that use /etc/mailcap could be tricked into running an arbitrary script through xdg-open, and a separate flaw in xdg-open could allow the execution of arbitrary commands embedded in untrusted

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2009

Slackware: 2009-015-01: bind 10.2/11.0 recompile Security Update

Updated bind packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to address a load problem. It was reported that the initial build of these updates complained that the Linux capability module was not present and would refuse to load. It was determined that the packages which were compiled on 10.2

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2009

Slackware: 2009-014-03: ntp Security Update

New ntp 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, and -current to a fix security issue. More details about this issue may be found here: http://lists.ntp.org/sympa/arc/announce/

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2009

Slackware: 2009-014-02: bind Security Update

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, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2009

Slackware: 2009-014-01: openssl Security Update

New openssl packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a security issue when connecting to an SSL/TLS server that uses a certificate containing a DSA or ECDSA key. More details about this issue may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 15, 2009

Slackware: 2009-005-01: samba Security Update

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:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 05, 2009

Slackware: 2008-366-01: mozilla-thunderbird Security Update

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla site:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 31, 2008

Slackware: 2008-362-01: seamonkey Security Update

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla web site:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 27, 2008

Slackware: 2008-353-01: mozilla-firefox Security Update

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla website:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 18, 2008

Slackware: 2008-339-01: php Security Update

New php packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues, as well as make improvements and fix bugs.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 05, 2008

Slackware: 2008-334-01: ruby Security Update

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and 12.1 to fix bugs and a security issue. More details about the issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 29, 2008

Slackware: 2008-333-01: samba Security Update

New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a possible security vulnerability involving the reading of uninitialized memory. More details about this issue may be found in the Common

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 29, 2008

Slackware: 2008-325-01: mozilla-thunderbird Security Update

New mozilla-thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found on the Mozilla site:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2008

Slackware: 2008-324-01: libxml2 Security Update

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

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 20, 2008

Slackware: 2008-320-04: seamonkey Security Update

New seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details may be found on the Mozilla web site:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 16, 2008

Slackware: 2008-320-03: mozilla-firefox Security Update

New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details may be found on the Mozilla web site: Or, for Slackware -current (using Firefox 3.0.x):

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 16, 2008

Slackware: 2008-320-02: net-snmp Security Update

New net-snmp packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a denial of service issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 16, 2008

Slackware: 2008-320-01: gnutls Security Update

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to correctly fix the certificate chain verification issue that the upgrade to gnutls-2.6.1 attempted to fix. Without this upgrade, processing a certificate chain containing only one self-signed certificate may cause GnuTLS linked

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 16, 2008

Slackware: 2008-315-01: gnutls Security Update

New gnutls packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix a security issue. NOTE: The package for 12.0 has a different shared library soname, and the packages for 12.1 and -current have an API/ABI change. Only the Pidgin package

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 11, 2008

Slackware: 2008-312-01: cups Security Update

New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 08, 2008

Slackware Essential And Critical Security Patch Updates - Page 60

Slackware: 2009-033-01: xdg-utils Security Update

Slackware: 2009-015-01: bind 10.2/11.0 recompile Security Update

Slackware: 2009-014-03: ntp Security Update

Slackware: 2009-014-02: bind Security Update

Slackware: 2009-014-01: openssl Security Update

Slackware: 2009-005-01: samba Security Update

Slackware: 2008-366-01: mozilla-thunderbird Security Update

Slackware: 2008-362-01: seamonkey Security Update

Slackware: 2008-353-01: mozilla-firefox Security Update

Slackware: 2008-339-01: php Security Update

Slackware: 2008-334-01: ruby Security Update

Slackware: 2008-333-01: samba Security Update

Slackware: 2008-325-01: mozilla-thunderbird Security Update

Slackware: 2008-324-01: libxml2 Security Update

Slackware: 2008-320-04: seamonkey Security Update

Slackware: 2008-320-03: mozilla-firefox Security Update

Slackware: 2008-320-02: net-snmp Security Update

Slackware: 2008-320-01: gnutls Security Update

Slackware: 2008-315-01: gnutls Security Update

Slackware: 2008-312-01: cups Security Update

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