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New libtiff packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
Updated libxslt package fixes security vulnerabilities: * In numbers.c in libxslt 1.1.33, an xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to a uninitia…
Updated libsoup package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that libsoup incorrectly handled parsing certain NTLM messages. If a user or automated…
Updated aspell packages fix security vulnerability: libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/…
Updated golang packages fix security vulnerability: Daniel Mandragona discovered that invalid DSA public keys can cause a panic in dsa.Verify(), resulting in …
Updated ansible package fixes security vulnerabilities: ansible-playbook -k and ansible cli tools prompt passwords by expanding them from templates as they co…
Updated file packages fix security vulnerability: A buffer overflow was found in file which may result in denial of service or potentially the execution of a…
Updated php and pcre2 packages fix security vulnerabilities: - FPM (#78599) env_path_info underflow in fpm_main.c can lead to RCE. (CVE-2019-11043) - MBStri…
This kernel update is based on the upstream 5.3.7 and fixes several issues: * various security issues in the usb subsystem * rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wire…
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: The agroot() function in cgraphobj.c in libcgraph.a in Graphviz 2.39.20160612.1140 has a NULL pointer dere…
Brain computer interface technology is developing fast. But just because we can read data from others' minds, should we? One thing is for sure: the implication…
A security vulnerability was discovered in libxslt, a XSLT 1.0 processing library written in C. In xsltCopyText in transform.c, a pointer variable is not reset…
Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, information dis…
Chromium-browser 77.0.3865.120 fixes security issues: Four use-after-free bugs were found in Chromium 77.0.3865.90: one in the IndexedDB component (CVE-2019-1…
This update provides the upstream 6.0.14 and fixes the following security issues: An easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with log…
The updated packages fix several bugs and some security issues: Missing restrictions on use of custom SocketImpl (Networking, 8218573). (CVE-2019-2945)
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerability: In MediaWiki through 1.33.0, Special:Redirect allows information disclosure of suppressed usernames via…
Updated libsndfile package fixes security vulnerability: It was discovered that libsndfile incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker coul…
Updated bind packages fix security vulnerabilities Limiting simultaneous TCP clients is ineffective (CVE-2018-5743) Race condition when discarding malformed …
New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.
The 'send_email' function in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an a…
New python packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.
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The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Potential bypass of Runas user restrictions. (CVE-2019-14287) References: