New mozilla-firefox packages are available for Slackware 10.2, 11.0,
12.0, and -current to fix a possible security bug.
More details about this issue may be found here:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1380
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425576
New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0,
10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a DoS issue.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372
New m4 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix security issues.
More details about the issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688
New openssh packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1,
10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a security issue.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1483
New cups packages are available for Slackware 12.0, and -current to fix
security issues. The change from CUPS 1.2.x to CUPS 1.3.x was tested here,
but if you're on a completely secured internal network these issues may be
less of a risk than upgrading. If your IPP port is open to the internet,
you'd be advised to upgrade as soon as possible (or firewall the port at
the gateway if you're not in need of printer jobs coming in from the
internet).
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0,
and -current to fix security issues. Earlier versions of xine-lib suffer from an integer overflow which may lead to a buffer overflow that could potentially be used to gain unauthorized
access to the machine if a malicious media file is played back. File types
affected this time include .flv, .mov, .rm, .mve, .mkv, and .cak.
New xine-lib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0,
and -current to fix security issues.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0073
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