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New bind packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 to fix security issues. The first issue which allows remote attackers to make recursive queries only affects Slackware 12.0. More details about this issue may be found in the
New Thunderbird packages are available for Slackware 11.0 and 12.0 to fix two possible security issues. This package may also be used on many older versions of Slackware (though we're not certain how far back...)
New SeaMonkey packages are available for Slackware 11.0 and 12.0 to fix possible security issues. While this update has been reported to MozillaZine to "fix several security issues", details are not yet available. Presumably the issues are similar to the
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 11.0 and 12.0 to fix security issues. Note that Firefox 1.5.x has reached its EOL (end of life) and is no longer being updated by mozilla.com. Users of Firefox 1.5.x are
A new thunderbird package is available for Slackware -current to fix two possible security issues. This package may also be used on many older versions of Slackware (though we're not certain how far back...)
New libexif packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a crash and potential security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New mozilla-firefox and seamonkey packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. New thunderbird packages are are available for Slackware 10.2 and 11.0 to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found at these links:
New php5 packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. PHP5 was considered a test package in Slackware 10.2, and an "extra" package in Slackware 11.0. If you are currently running PHP4 you may wish to stick with that, as upgrading to PHP5 will probably
New libpng packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New samba packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about the issues may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New php packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to improve the stability and security of PHP. Quite a few bugs were All sites that use PHP are encouraged to upgrade. Please note that we haven't tested all PHP applications for backwards compatibility
A new x11-6.9.0-i486-14_slack11.0.tgz patch is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix the inadvertent inclusion of two old fontconfig binaries. Installing the original fontconfig patch followed by the original x11 patch would cause fc-cache and fc-list to be overwritten by old versions, breaking fontconfig.
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New x11 and/or freetype and fontconfig packages are available for Slackware 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues in freetype. Freetype was packaged with X11 prior to Slackware version 11.0. More details about this issue may be found in the Common
New qt packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a security issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New ktorrent packages are available for Slackware 11.0 and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
New file packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix a security issue. NOTE: In Slackware 11.0 and earlier, the file utility was part of the required "bin" package, so this patch is needed even if
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. Note that firefox-1.5.x will reach end-of-life next month, so upgrading to the 2.x branch soon is probably a good idea.
New libwpd packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
A new seamonkey package is available for Slackware 11.0 to fix security issues.
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