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Updated sleuthkit packages fix security vulnerabilities: An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. There is an off-by-one overwrite due to an unde…
Advisory text to describe the update. Wrap lines at ~75 chars. Updated dojo package fixes security vulnerabilities: In affected versions of dojo, the deepCopy …
Updated nodejs-set-value package fixes security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found in NOdejs set-value, where set-value is vulnerable to prototype Pollut…
This update is based on the upstream 5.6.14 kernel and fixes atleast the following security issues: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kern…
This update is based on the upstream 5.6.14 kernel and fixes atleast the following security issues: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kern…
Updated clamav packages fix security vulnerabilities: Fixed a vulnerability in the ARJ archive-parsing module in ClamAV 0.102.2 that could cause a denial-of-se…
Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerability: The NFS dissector could crash. References:
Updated unbound packages fix security vulnerabilities: Unbound can be tricked into amplifying an incoming query into a large number of queries directed to a ta…
The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact on our society has resulted in many dramatic changes to how people are traveling, interacting with each othe…
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Dovecot email server, which could cause crashes in the submission, submission-login or lmtp services, resulting …
New libexif packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
New sane packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
Updated libreswan packages fix security vulnerability: An out-of-bounds buffer read flaw was found in the pluto daemon of libreswan. An unauthenticated attacke…
Updated jbig2dec packages fix security vulnerability: jbig2_image_compose in jbig2_image.c in Artifex jbig2dec before 0.18 has a heap-based buffer overflow (CV…
The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities including: ntpd in ntp before 4.2.8p14 and 4.3.x before 4.3.100 allows an off-path attacker to block unauthen…
Updated netkit-telnetd packages fix security vulnerability: A vulnerability was found where incorrect bounds checks in the telnet server's (telnetd) handling o…
Herbert Gilbert got the first patent on a smoke-free cigarette that he described as a device that provided a harmlessIs Your E-Cig a Security Risk? on Latest H…
Crises have the power to hit hard on the world's economy, health systems, and political and social landscapes. In aWhy Website Security and Protection Is Neces…
Mozilla has taken another step ensuring utmost privacy to its users. This time, they are preparing to launch Firefox PrivateMozilla Gears Up To Launch Firefox …
Chromium-browser 81.0.4044.138 fixes security issues: Multiple flaws were found in the way Chromium 81.0.4044.129 processes various types of web content, where…
Updated libvncserver packages fix security vulnerability: libvncclient/cursor.c in LibVNCServer through 0.9.12 has a HandleCursorShape integer overflow and hea…
Updated samba packages fix security vulnerabilities: A client combining the 'ASQ' and 'Paged Results' LDAP controls can cause a use-after-free in Samba's AD DC…
Updated qt4 packages fix security vulnerabilities: A double-free or corruption during parsing of a specially crafted illegal XML document (CVE-2018-15518).