Advisory: Slackware Essential And Critical Security Patch Updates

Slackware: 2006-178-03: arts Security Update

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New aRts packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a possible security issue with artswrapper. The artswrapper program and the artsd daemon can be used to gain root privileges if artswrapper is setuid root and the system is running a 2.6.x kernel. Note that artswrapper

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 28, 2006

Slackware: 2006-178-02: gnupg DoS Security Update

New GnuPG packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues which could allow an attacker to crash gnupg and possibly overwrite memory which could lead to an integer overflow.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 28, 2006

Slackware: 2006-178-01: kdebase kdm local file reading vulnerability Security Update

New kdebase packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue with KDM (the KDE login manager) which could be exploited by a local attacker to read any file on the system. The official KDE security advisory may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 28, 2006

Slackware: 2006-166-01: sendmail Security Update

New sendmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a possible denial-of-service issue. Sendmail's complete advisory may be found here: Sendmail has also provided an FAQ about this issue:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 15, 2006

Slackware: 2006-155-02: firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey Security Update

New Firefox and Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. In addition, a new Seamonkey package is available for Slackware -current to fix similar issues.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 05, 2006

Slackware: 2006-155-01: mysql Security Update

New mysql packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. The MySQL packages shipped with Slackware 9.1, 10.0, and 10.1 may possibly leak sensitive information found in uninitialized

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 05, 2006

Slackware: 2006-142-01: tetex PDF security Security Update

New tetex packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a possible security issue. teTeX-3.0 incorporates some code from the xpdf program which has been shown to have various overflows that could result in program crashes or possibly the execution of arbitrary

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 22, 2006

Slackware: 2006-142-02: zoo archiver overflow Security Update

New bin packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue with the zoo archive program. A non-security-related upgrade to the newest version of "eject" was also done.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 22, 2006

Slackware: 2006-130-01: Apache httpd redux Security Update

New Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a bug with Apache 1.3.35 and glibc that breaks wildcards in Include directives. It may not occur with all versions of glibc, but it has been verified on -current (using an Include

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 10, 2006

Slackware: 2006-129-02: mysql Security Update

New mysql packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. The MySQL package shipped with Slackware 10.2 may possibly leak sensitive information found in uninitialized memory to authenticated users. The MySQL package previously in

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 09, 2006

Slackware: 2006-129-01: Apache httpd Security Update

New Apache packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 09, 2006

Slackware: 2006-123-02: firefox Security Update

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix a security issue. More details about the issues may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 04, 2006

Slackware: 2006-123-01: xorg server overflow Security Update

New xorg and xorg-devel packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. A typo in the X render extension in X.Org 6.8.0 or later allows an X client to crash the server and possibly to execute arbitrary code as the X server user (typically this

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 03, 2006

Slackware: 2006-120-01: thunderbird Security Update

New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 01, 2006

Slackware: 2006-114-01: mozilla security/EOL Security Update

New Mozilla packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and -current to fix multiple security issues. More details about the issues may be found here: Also note that this release marks the EOL (End Of Life) for the Mozilla

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 24, 2006

Slackware: 2006-107-01: firefox Security Update

New Firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2 and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found here:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 17, 2006

Slackware: 2006-081-01: sendmail Security Update

New sendmail packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Sendmail's advisory concerning this issue may be found here: This issue will appear in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 22, 2006

Slackware: 2006-072-02: gnupg Security Update

New GnuPG packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 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
Mar 14, 2006

Slackware: 2006-072-01: Slackware 10.1 kdegraphics Security Update

A new kdegraphics package is available for Slackware 10.1 to fix a security issue. A portion of the recent security patch was missing in the version that was applied to kdegraphics-3.3.2 in Slackware 10.1. Other versions of Slackware are not affected by this

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 14, 2006

Slackware: 2006-045-05: kdelibs Security Update

New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and 10.2 to fix a security issue with kjs. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 15, 2006

Slackware Essential And Critical Security Patch Updates - Page 68

Slackware: 2006-178-03: arts Security Update

Slackware: 2006-178-02: gnupg DoS Security Update

Slackware: 2006-178-01: kdebase kdm local file reading vulnerability Security Update

Slackware: 2006-166-01: sendmail Security Update

Slackware: 2006-155-02: firefox/thunderbird/seamonkey Security Update

Slackware: 2006-155-01: mysql Security Update

Slackware: 2006-142-01: tetex PDF security Security Update

Slackware: 2006-142-02: zoo archiver overflow Security Update

Slackware: 2006-130-01: Apache httpd redux Security Update

Slackware: 2006-129-02: mysql Security Update

Slackware: 2006-129-01: Apache httpd Security Update

Slackware: 2006-123-02: firefox Security Update

Slackware: 2006-123-01: xorg server overflow Security Update

Slackware: 2006-120-01: thunderbird Security Update

Slackware: 2006-114-01: mozilla security/EOL Security Update

Slackware: 2006-107-01: firefox Security Update

Slackware: 2006-081-01: sendmail Security Update

Slackware: 2006-072-02: gnupg Security Update

Slackware: 2006-072-01: Slackware 10.1 kdegraphics Security Update

Slackware: 2006-045-05: kdelibs Security Update

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