Sat Jun 27 16:59:29 EDT 2009
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.37-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a possible security issue.  Jeff Phillips discovered an
  uninitialized-memory-read bug affecting interlaced images that may have
  security implications.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2042
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Jun 15 19:06:59 EDT 2009
patches/packages/ntp-4.2.2p3-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched a stack-based buffer overflow in the cookedprint function in
  ntpq/ntpq.c in ntpq in NTP before 4.2.4p7-RC2 allows arbitrary code
  execution by a malicious remote NTP server.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0159
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/qt-3.2.1-s390-3.tgz:
  Reconstructed due to qt-3.2.1-s390-2.tgz somehow having been corrupted.
patches/packages/xpdf-3.02pl3-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to xpdf-3.02pl3.
  This update fixes several overflows that may result in crashes or the
  execution of arbitrary code as the xpdf user.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0146
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0147
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0165
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0166
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0799
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0800
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1179
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1180
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1181
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1182
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1183
(* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Mar 23 18:49:45 EDT 2009
patches/packages/apache-1.3.41-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to apache-1.3.41, the last regular release of the
  Apache 1.3.x series, and a security bugfix-only release.
  For more information about the security issues fixed, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6388
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5000
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3847
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/bind-9.3.6_P1-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to bind-9.3.6-P1.
  Fixed checking on return values from OpenSSL's EVP_VerifyFinal and
  DSA_do_verify functions to prevent spoofing answers returned from zones using
  the DNSKEY algorithms DSA and NSEC3DSA.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.isc.org/node/373
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0025
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.5-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:  Upgraded to bzip2-1.0.5.
  Previous versions of bzip2 contained a buffer overread error that could cause
  applications linked to libbz2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/cups-1.1.21-s390-2_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched cups-1.1.21.
  Errors in ipp.c may allow a remote attacker to crash CUPS resulting
  in a denial of service.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4351
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/curl-7.10.7-s390-3_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched curl-7.10.7.
  This fixes a security issue where automatic redirection could be made to
  follow file:// URLs, reading or writing a local instead of remote file.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0037
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.8-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched to fix a possible denial of service when "-v -v" options are used.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2711
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2.3.2-noarch-6_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to tzdata2008h for the latest world timezone changes.
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.35-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to libpng-1.2.35.
  This fixes multiple memory-corruption vulnerabilities due to a failure to
  properly initialize data structures.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0040
    ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/png/src/libpng-1.2.34-ADVISORY.txt
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/m4-1.4.11-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:  Upgraded to m4-1.4.11.
  In addition to bugfixes and enhancements, this version of m4 also fixes two
  issues with possible security implications.  A minor security fix with the
  use of "maketemp" and "mkstemp" -- these are now quoted to prevent the
  (rather unlikely) possibility that an unquoted string could match an
  existing macro causing operations to be done on the wrong file.  Also,
  a problem with the '-F' option (introduced with version 1.4) could cause a
  core dump or possibly (with certain file names) the execution of arbitrary
  code.  For more information on these issues, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1687
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1688
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.31_1.3.41-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.31-1.3.41 to work with apache_1.3.41.
patches/packages/ntp-4.2.4p6-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  [Sec 1111] Fix incorrect check of EVP_VerifyFinal()'s return value.
  For more information, see:
    https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/announce/2009-January/000055.html
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0021
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5077
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssh-5.0p1-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to openssh-5.0p1.
  This version fixes a security issue where local users could hijack forwarded
  X connections.  Upgrading to the new package is highly recommended.
  For more information on this security issue, please see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1483
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/rsync-2.6.9-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched some security bugs.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4091
    http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync-announce/2007/000050.html
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/tcpdump-3.9.7-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to libpcap-0.9.7, tcpdump-3.9.7.
  This new version fixes an integer overflow in the BGP dissector which
  could possibly allow remote attackers to crash tcpdump or to execute
  arbitrary code.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3798
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xpdf-3.02pl2-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to xpdf-3.02pl2.
  The pl2 patch fixes a crash in xpdf.
  Some theorize that this could be used to execute arbitrary code if an
  untrusted PDF file is opened, but no real-world examples are known (yet).
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3387
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4352
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5392
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5393
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon May 28 03:40:47 EDT 2007
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.18-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to libpng-1.2.18.
  A grayscale PNG image with a malformed (bad CRC) tRNS chunk will crash some
  libpng applications.  This vulnerability has been assigned the identifiers
  CVE-2007-2445 and CERT VU#684664.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2445
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Apr  4 13:35:23 EDT 2007
patches/packages/file-4.20-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to file-4.20.
  This fixes a heap overflow that could allow code to be executed as the
  user running file (note that there are many scenarios where file might be
  used automatically, such as in virus scanners or spam filters).
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1536
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Fri Mar 16 21:34:29 EDT 2007
patches/packages/bind-9.2.8-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to bind-9.2.8.  This update fixes two denial of service
  vulnerabilities where an attacker could crash the name server with
  specially crafted malformed data.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0493
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0494
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.6-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to fetchmail-6.3.6.  This fixes two security issues.  First, a bug
  introduced in fetchmail-6.3.5 could cause fetchmail to crash.  However,
  no stable version of Slackware ever shipped fetchmail-6.3.5.  Second, a long
  standing bug (reported by Isaac Wilcox) could cause fetchmail to send a
  password in clear text or omit using TLS even when configured otherwise.
  All fetchmail users are encouraged to consider using getmail, or to upgrade
  to the new fetchmail packages.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5974
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5867
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/glibc-zoneinfo-2.3.2-noarch-2_slack9.1.tgz:
  Updated with tzdata2007b for impending Daylight Savings Time
  changes in the US.
patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.7-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:  Upgraded to gnupg-1.4.7.
  This fixes a security problem that can occur when GnuPG is used incorrectly.
  Newer versions attempt to prevent such misuse.
  For more information, see:
    http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2007q1/000251.html
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Jan 15 13:41:03 EST 2007
patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.6-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to gnupg-1.4.6.  This release fixes a severe and exploitable
  bug in earlier versions of gnupg.  All gnupg users should update to the
  new packages as soon as possible.  For details, see the information
  concerning CVE-2006-6235 posted on lists.gnupg.org:
    http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2006q4/000491.html
  The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6235
  This update also addresses a more minor security issue possibly
  exploitable when GnuPG is used in interactive mode.  For more information
  about that issue, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6169
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.14-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to libpng-1.2.14.  This fixes a bug where a specially crafted PNG
  file could crash applications that use libpng.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5793
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.0a-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to proftpd-1.3.0a plus an additional security patch.  Several
  security issues were found in proftpd that could lead to the execution of
  arbitrary code by a remote attacker, including one in mod_tls that does
  not require the attacker to be authenticated first.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5815
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6170
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6171
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/tar-1.16-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to tar-1.16.
  This fixes an issue where files may be extracted outside of the current
  directory, possibly allowing a malicious tar archive, when extracted, to
  overwrite any of the user's files (in the case of root, any file on the
  system).
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6097
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xine-lib-1.1.3-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to xine-lib-1.1.3 which fixes possible security problems
  such as a heap overflow in libmms and a buffer overflow in the
  Real Media input plugin.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2200
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Tue Nov 14 23:24:42 EST 2006
patches/packages/bind-9.2.6_P2-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to bind-9.2.6-P2.  This fixes some security issues related to
  previous fixes in OpenSSL.  The minimum OpenSSL version was raised to
  OpenSSL 0.9.7l and OpenSSL 0.9.8d to avoid exposure to known security flaws
  in older versions (these patches were already issued for Slackware).  If you
  have not upgraded yet, get those as well to prevent a potentially exploitable
  security problem in named.  In addition, the default RSA exponent was changed
  from 3 to 65537.  RSA keys using exponent 3 (which was previously BIND's
  default) will need to be regenerated to protect against the forging
  of RRSIGs.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sat Nov  4 19:13:31 EST 2006
patches/packages/screen-4.0.3-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:  Upgraded to screen-4.0.3.
  This addresses an issue with the way screen handles UTF-8 character encoding
  that could allow screen to be crashed (or possibly code to be executed in the
  context of the screen user) if a specially crafted sequence of pseudo-UTF-8
  characters are displayed withing a screen session.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4573
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sun Oct 15 21:23:02 EDT 2006
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7l-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to shared libraries from openssl-0.9.7l.
  See openssl package update below.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssh-4.4p1-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to openssh-4.4p1.
  This fixes a few security related issues.  From the release notes found at
  http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.4:
    * Fix a pre-authentication denial of service found by Tavis Ormandy,
      that would cause sshd(8) to spin until the login grace time
      expired.
    * Fix an unsafe signal hander reported by Mark Dowd. The signal
      handler was vulnerable to a race condition that could be exploited
      to perform a pre-authentication denial of service. On portable
      OpenSSH, this vulnerability could theoretically lead to
      pre-authentication remote code execution if GSSAPI authentication
      is enabled, but the likelihood of successful exploitation appears
      remote.
    * On portable OpenSSH, fix a GSSAPI authentication abort that could
      be used to determine the validity of usernames on some platforms.
  Links to the CVE entries will be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4924
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5051
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5052
    After this upgrade, make sure the permissions on /etc/rc.d/rc.sshd are set
  the way you want them.  Future upgrades will respect the existing permissions
  settings.  Thanks to Manuel Reimer for pointing out that upgrading openssh
  would enable a previously disabled sshd daemon.
    Do better checking of passwd, shadow, and group to avoid adding
    redundant entries to these files.  Thanks to Menno Duursma.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7l-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to openssl-0.9.7l.
  This fixes a few security related issues:
      During the parsing of certain invalid ASN.1 structures an error
    condition is mishandled.  This can result in an infinite loop which
    consumes system memory (CVE-2006-2937).  (This issue did not affect
    OpenSSL versions prior to 0.9.7)
    Thanks to Dr S. N. Henson of Open Network Security and NISCC.
      Certain types of public key can take disproportionate amounts of
    time to process. This could be used by an attacker in a denial of
    service attack (CVE-2006-2940).
    Thanks to Dr S. N. Henson of Open Network Security and NISCC.
      A buffer overflow was discovered in the SSL_get_shared_ciphers()
    utility function.  An attacker could send a list of ciphers to an
    application that uses this function and overrun a buffer.
    (CVE-2006-3738)
    Thanks to Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry of the Google Security Team.
      A flaw in the SSLv2 client code was discovered. When a client
    application used OpenSSL to create an SSLv2 connection to a malicious
    server, that server could cause the client to crash (CVE-2006-4343).
    Thanks to Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry of the Google Security Team.
  Links to the CVE entries will be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2937
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3738
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2940
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4343
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sat Sep 23 21:13:52 EDT 2006
patches/packages/gzip-1.3.5-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to gzip-1.3.5, and fixed a variety of bugs.
  Some of the bugs have possible security implications if gzip or its tools are
  fed a carefully constructed malicious archive.  Most of these issues were
  recently discovered by Tavis Ormandy and the Google Security Team.  Thanks
  to them, and also to the ALT and Owl developers for cleaning up the patch.
  For further details about the issues fixed, please see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0758
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0988
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1228
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4334
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4335
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4336
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4337
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4338
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-s390-3_slack9.1.tgz:  Patched an issue where
  it is possible to forge certain kinds of RSA signatures.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-s390-3_slack9.1.tgz:  Patched an issue
  where it is possible to forge certain kinds of RSA signatures.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4339
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sat Sep  9 22:03:44 EDT 2006
patches/packages/bind-9.2.6_P1-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz
  Upgraded to bind-9.2.6-P1
  This update addresses a denial of service vulnerability.
  BIND's CHANGES file says this:
    2066.   [security]      Handle SIG queries gracefully. [RT #16300]
  The best discussion I've found is in FreeBSD's advisory, so here's a link:
    http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:20.bind.asc
  Also, fixed some missing man pages.  (noticed by Xavier Thomassin -- thanks)
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/bootshell-1.3-s390-2.tgz:
  Rebuilt bootshell as static, not dynamic.  If your /usr file
  system isn't available, you still want to be able to log in
  to your system so you can fix it.  ;)

+--------------------------+
Sun Aug 27 14:22:38 EDT 2006
patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.5-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to gnupg-1.4.5.
  From the gnupg-1.4.5 NEWS file:
    * Fixed 2 more possible memory allocation attacks.  They are
    similar to the problem we fixed with 1.4.4.  This bug can easily
    be be exploited for a DoS; remote code execution is not entirely
    impossible.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/libtiff-3.8.2-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Patched vulnerabilities in libtiff which were found by Tavis Ormandy of
  the Google Security Team.  These issues could be used to crash programs
  linked to libtiff or possibly to execute code as the program's user.
  A low risk command-line overflow in tiffsplit was also patched.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3459
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3460
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3461
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3462
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3463
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3464
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3465
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sat Jul 29 13:49:39 EDT 2006
patches/packages/apache-1.3.37-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to apache-1.3.37.
  From the announcement on httpd.apache.org:
    This version of Apache is security fix release only.  An off-by-one flaw
    exists in the Rewrite module, mod_rewrite, as shipped with Apache 1.3
    since 1.3.28, 2.0 since 2.0.46, and 2.2 since 2.2.0.
  The Slackware Security Team feels that the vast majority of installations
  will not be configured in a vulnerable way but still suggests upgrading to
  the new apache and mod_ssl packages for maximum security.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3747
  And see Apache's announcement here:
    http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement1.3.html
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.28_1.3.37-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.28-1.3.37.
patches/packages/mutt-1.4.2.2i-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mutt-1.4.2.2i.
  This release fixes CVE-2006-3242, a buffer overflow that could be triggered
  by a malicious IMAP server.
  [Connecting to malicious IMAP servers must be common, right? -- Ed.]
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3242
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sun Jul  2 15:09:59 EDT 2006
patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.4-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  This version fixes a memory allocation issue that could allow an attacker to
  crash GnuPG creating a denial-of-service.
  The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3082

+--------------------------+
Thu Jun 15 13:21:48 EDT 2006
patches/packages/sendmail-8.13.7-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to sendmail-8.13.7.
  Fixes a potential denial of service problem caused by excessive recursion
  leading to stack exhaustion when attempting delivery of a malformed MIME
  message.  This crashes sendmail's queue processing daemon, which in turn
  can lead to two problems:  depending on the settings, these crashed
  processes may create coredumps which could fill a drive partition; and
  such a malformed message in the queue will cause queue processing to
  cease when the message is reached, causing messages that are later in
  the queue to not be processed.
  Sendmail's complete advisory may be found here:
    http://www.sendmail.com/security/advisories/SA-200605-01.txt.asc
  Sendmail has also provided an FAQ about this issue:
    http://www.sendmail.com/security/advisories/SA-200605-01/faq.shtml
  The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1173
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sendmail-cf-8.13.7-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to sendmail-8.13.7 configs.

+--------------------------+
Fri Jun  9 18:52:15 EDT 2006
patches/packages/apache-1.3.35-s390-2_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to apache-1.3.35.
  From the official announcement:
    Of particular note is that 1.3.35 addresses and fixes 1 potential
    security issue: CVE-2005-3352 (cve.mitre.org)
       mod_imap: Escape untrusted referer header before outputting in HTML
       to avoid potential cross-site scripting.  Change also made to
       ap_escape_html so we escape quotes.  Reported by JPCERT
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3352
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.26_1.3.35-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.26-1.3.35.
  This is an updated version designed for Apache 1.3.35.
patches/packages/mysql-4.0.27-s390-1_slack9.1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mysql-4.0.27.
  This fixes some minor security issues with possible information leakage.
  Note that the information leakage bugs require that the attacker have
  access to an account on the database.  Also note that by default,
  Slackware's rc.mysqld script does *not* allow access to the database
  through the outside network (it uses the --skip-networking option).
  If you've enabled network access to MySQL, it is a good idea to filter
  the port (3306) to prevent access from unauthorized machines.
  For more details, see the MySQL 4.0.27 release announcement here:
    http://lists.mysql.com/announce/359
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1516
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1517
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sun Apr  2 11:57:00 EDT 2006
patches/packages/fetchmail-6.3.2-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to fetchmail-6.3.2.
  Presumably this replaces all the known security problems with
  a batch of new unknown ones.  (fetchmail is improving, really ;-)
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3088
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4348
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0321
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/gnupg-1.4.2.2-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gnupg-1.4.2.2.
  There have been two security related issues reported recently with GnuPG.
  From the GnuPG 1.4.2.1 and 1.4.2.2 NEWS files:
    Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.2.2 (2006-03-08)
    * Files containing several signed messages are not allowed any
      longer as there is no clean way to report the status of such
      files back to the caller.  To partly revert to the old behaviour
      the new option --allow-multisig-verification may be used.
   Noteworthy changes in version 1.4.2.1 (2006-02-14)
    * Security fix for a verification weakness in gpgv.  Some input
      could lead to gpgv exiting with 0 even if the detached signature
      file did not carry any signature.  This is not as fatal as it
      might seem because the suggestion as always been not to rely on
      th exit code but to parse the --status-fd messages.  However it
      is likely that gpgv is used in that simplified way and thus we
      do this release.  Same problem with "gpg --verify" but nobody
      should have used this for signature verification without
      checking the status codes anyway.  Thanks to the taviso from
      Gentoo for reporting this problem.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssh-4.3p1-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to openssh-4.3p1.
  This fixes a security issue when using scp to copy files that could
  cause commands embedded in filenames to be executed.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0225
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sendmail-8.13.6-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to sendmail-8.13.6.
  This new version of sendmail contains a fix for a security problem
  discovered by Mark Dowd of ISS X-Force.  From sendmail's advisory:
    Sendmail was notified by security researchers at ISS that, under some
    specific timing conditions, this vulnerability may permit a specifically
    crafted attack to take over the sendmail MTA process, allowing remote
    attackers to execute commands and run arbitrary programs on the system
    running the MTA, affecting email delivery, or tampering with other
    programs and data on this system.  Sendmail is not aware of any public
    exploit code for this vulnerability.  This connection-oriented
    vulnerability does not occur in the normal course of sending and
    receiving email.  It is only triggered when specific conditions are
    created through SMTP connection layer commands.
  Sendmail's complete advisory may be found here:
    http://www.sendmail.com/company/advisory/index.shtml
  The CVE entry for this issue may be found here:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0058
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sendmail-cf-8.13.6-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to sendmail-8.13.6 configuration files.
patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p12-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to sudo-1.6.8p12.
  This fixes an issue where a user able to run a Python script through sudo
  may be able to gain root access.
  IMHO, running any kind of scripting language from sudo is still not safe...
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0151
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xpdf-3.01-s390-3.tgz:  Recompiled with xpdf-3.01pl2.patch to
  fix integer and heap overflows in xpdf triggered by malformed PDF files.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3191
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3192
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3193
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3624
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3625
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3626
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3627
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3628
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0301
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Dec 19 13:56:00 EST 2005
patches/packages/apache-1.3.34-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to apache-1.3.34.
  Fixes this minor security bug:  "If a request contains both Transfer-Encoding
  and Content-Length headers, remove the Content-Length, mitigating some HTTP
  Request Splitting/Spoofing attacks."
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/curl-7.10.7-s390-2.tgz:  Patched.  This addresses a buffer
  overflow in libcurl's NTLM function that could have possible security
  implications.
  For more details, see:
    http://curl.haxx.se/docs/security.html
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3185
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/elm-2.5.8-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to elm2.5.8.
  This fixes a buffer overflow in the parsing of the Expires header that
  could be used to execute arbitrary code as the user running Elm.
  Thanks to Ulf Harnhammar for finding the bug and reminding me to get
  out updated packages to address the issue.
  A reference to the original advisory:
    http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html
patches/packages/imapd-4.64-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to imapd-4.64.
  A buffer overflow was reported in the mail_valid_net_parse_work function.
  However, this function in the c-client library does not appear to be called
  from anywhere in imapd.  iDefense states that the issue is of LOW risk to
  sites that allow users shell access, and LOW-MODERATE risk to other servers.
  I believe it's possible that it is of NIL risk if the function is indeed
  dead code to imapd, but draw your own conclusions...
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/koffice-1.2.1-s390-2.tgz:  Patched.
  Fixes a buffer overflow in KWord's RTF import discovered by Chris Evans.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2971
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/lynx-2.8.5rel.5-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to lynx-2.8.5rel.5.
  Fixes an issue where the handling of Asian characters when using lynx to
  connect to an NNTP server (is this a common use?) could result in a buffer
  overflow causing the execution of arbitrary code.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3120
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.25_1.3.34-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.25-1.3.34.
patches/packages/pine-4.64-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to pine-4.64.
patches/packages/wget-1.10.2-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to wget-1.10.2.
  This addresses a buffer overflow in wget's NTLM handling function that could
  have possible security implications.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3185
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Dec 19 03:20:00 EST 2005
patches/packages/dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-s390-2.tgz:  Patched an issue where a
  remote attacker can cause dhcpcd to crash.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1848
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-1.5.0.
  This fixes some more security issues.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2103
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2102
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2370
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-s390-2.tgz:  Patched.
  Fixed a vulnerability that could, in rare circumstances, allow an attacker
  acting as a "man in the middle" to force a client and a server to negotiate
  the SSL 2.0 protocol (which is known to be weak) even if these parties both
  support SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0.
  For more details, see:
    http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20051011.txt
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2969
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-s390-2.tgz:  Patched.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/pcre-6.3-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to pcre-6.3.
  This fixes a buffer overflow that could be triggered by the processing of a
  specially crafted regular expression.  Theoretically this could be a security
  issue if regular expressions are accepted from untrusted users to be
  processed by a user with greater privileges, but this doesn't seem like a
  common scenario (or, for that matter, a good idea).  However, if you are
  using an application that links to the shared PCRE library and accepts
  outside input in such a manner, you will want to update to this new package.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2491
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/  Relinked with the system PCRE library,
  as the builtin library has a buffer overflow that could be triggered by the
  processing of a specially crafted regular expression.
  Note that this change requires the pcre package to be installed.
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2491
  (* Security fix *)
  Upgraded PEAR::XMLRPC to version 1.4.0, which eliminates the use of the
  insecure eval() function.
    For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2498
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/tcpip-0.17-s390-2.tgz:  Changed to a cleaner telnet patch
  borrowed from OpenBSD.  Two people, both using Slackware 9.1, informed me
  that the previous patch for telnet was causing a segfault when used with
  short hostnames from /etc/hosts (such as localhost).  If anyone is having
  a similar problem with other versions of Slackware, let me know.
  Thanks to Dragan Simic for telling me about the improved patch.
patches/packages/util-linux-2.12-s390-2.tgz:  Patched an issue with
  umount where if the umount failed when the '-r' option was used, the
  filesystem would be remounted read-only but without any extra flags
  specified in /etc/fstab.  This could allow an ordinary user able to
  mount a floppy or CD (but with nosuid, noexec, nodev, etc in
  /etc/fstab) to run a setuid binary from removable media and gain
  root privileges.
  Reported to BugTraq by David Watson:
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/410333
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xine-lib-1rc4-s390-2.tgz:  Patched xine-lib-1-rc4.
  This fixes a format string bug where an attacker, if able to upload malicious
  information to a CDDB server and then get a local user to play a certain
  audio CD, may be able to run arbitrary code on the machine as the user
  running the xine-lib linked application.
  For more information, see:
    http://xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2005-1
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Tue Aug  9 00:30:00 EDT 2005
patches/packages/gaim-1.3.1-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-1.3.1 and
  gaim-encryption-2.38.  This fixes a couple of remote crash bugs, so
  users of the MSN and Yahoo! chat protocols should upgrade to gaim-1.3.1.
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Sat Aug  6 19:30:00 EDT 2005
patches/packages/fetchmail-6.2.5.2-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to fetchmail-6.2.5.2.
  This fixes an overflow by which malicious or compromised POP3 servers
  may overflow fetchmail's stack.
  For more information, see:
    http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-01.txt
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/php-4.3.11-s390-2.tgz:  Upgraded PEAR XML_RPC class.
  This new PHP package fixes a PEAR XML_RPC vulnerability.  Sites that use
  this PEAR class should upgrade to the new PHP package, or as a minimal
  fix may instead upgrade the XML_RPC PEAR class with the following command:
    pear upgrade XML_RPC
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sudo-1.6.8p9-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to sudo-1.6.8p9.
  This new version of Sudo fixes a race condition in command pathname handling
  that could allow a user with Sudo privileges to run arbitrary commands.
  For full details, see the Sudo site:
    http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/alerts/path_race.html
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/tcpdump-3.9.3-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to libpcap-0.9.3 and
  tcpdump-3.9.3.  This fixes an issue where an invalid BGP packet can
  cause tcpdump to go into an infinate loop, effectively disabling network
  monitoring.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xv-3.10a-s390-2.tgz:  Upgraded to the latest XV jumbo
  patches, xv-3.10a-jumbo-fix-patch-20050410 and
  xv-3.10a-jumbo-enh-patch-20050501.  These fix a number of format string
  and other possible security issues in addition to providing many other
  bugfixes and enhancements.
  (Thanks to Greg Roelofs)
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Aug 3 20:41:00 EDT 2005
patches/packages/infozip-5.52-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to unzip552.tar.gz and
  zip231.tar.gz.  These fix some buffer overruns if deep directory paths are
  packed into a Zip archive which could be a security vulnerability (for
  example, in a case of automated archiving or backups that use Zip).  However,
  it also appears that these now use certain assembly instructions that might
  not be available on older CPUs, so if you have an older machine you may wish
  to take this into account before deciding whether you should upgrade.
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Tue Aug  2 00:20:00 EDT 2005
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.20-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.20.
  From cvshome.org:  "This version fixes many minor security issues in the
  CVS server executable including a potentially serious buffer overflow
  vulnerability with no known exploit.  We recommend this upgrade for all CVS
  servers!"
  For more information, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0753
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/python-2.3.5-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to python-2.3.5.
  From the python.org site:  "The Python development team has discovered a flaw
  in the SimpleXMLRPCServer library module which can give remote attackers
  access to internals of the registered object or its module or possibly other
  modules. The flaw only affects Python XML-RPC servers that use the
  register_instance() method to register an object without a _dispatch()
  method. Servers using only register_function() are not affected."
  For more details, see:
    http://python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/python-demo-2.3.5-noarch-1.tgz:  Upgraded to python-2.3.5
  demos.
patches/packages/python-tools-2.3.5-noarch-1.tgz:  Upgraded to python-2.3.5
  tools.

+--------------------------+
Sun Apr 10 18:30:37 EDT 2005
patches/packages/php-4.3.11-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to php-4.3.11.
 "This is a maintenance release that in addition to over 70 non-critical bug
  fixes addresses several security issues inside the exif and fbsql extensions
  as well as the unserialize(), swf_definepoly() and getimagesize() functions."
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Thu Mar 31 22:47:47 EST 2005
patches/packages/gaim-1.2.0-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-1.2.0 and
  gaim-encryption-2.36 (compiled against mozilla-1.4.4).
patches/packages/mozilla-1.4.4-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to mozilla-1.4.4.
  Fixes some security issues.  Please see mozilla.org for a complete list.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.4.4-noarch-1.tgz:  Adjusted plugin
  symlinks for Mozilla 1.4.4.

+--------------------------+
Tue Nov  9 21:59:16 EST 2004
patches/packages/apache-1.3.33-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to apache-1.3.33.
  This fixes one new security issue (the first issue, CAN-2004-0492, was fixed
  in apache-1.3.32).  The second bug fixed in 1.3.3 (CAN-2004-0940) allows a
  local user who can create SSI documents to become "nobody".  The amount of
  mischief they could cause as nobody seems low at first glance, but it might
  allow them to use kill or killall as nobody to try to create a DoS.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/libtiff-3.5.7-s390-2.tgz:  Patched several bugs that could
  lead to crashes, or could possibly allow arbitrary code to be executed.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0803
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0804
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0886
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.22_1.3.33-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  mod_ssl-2.8.22_1.3.33.

+--------------------------+
Thu Oct 28 23:52:27 EDT 2004
patches/packages/apache-1.3.32-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to apache-1.3.32.
  This addresses a heap-based buffer overflow in mod_proxy by rejecting
  responses from a remote server with a negative Content-Length.  The
  flaw could crash the Apache child process, or possibly allow code to
  be executed as the Apache user (but only if mod_proxy is actually in
  use on the server).
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0492
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.21_1.3.32-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.21-1.3.32.
  Don't allow clients to bypass cipher requirements, possibly negotiating
  a connection that the server does not consider secure enough.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0885
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/php-4.3.9-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to php-4.3.9.

+--------------------------+
Sun Oct 24 01:29:46 EDT 2004
patches/packages/gaim-1.0.2-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-1.0.2
  and gaim-encryption-2.32.  A buffer overflow in the MSN protocol
  handler for GAIM 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause
  a denial of service (application crash) and may allow the
  execution of arbitrary code.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0891
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Oct 13 14:56:33 EDT 2004
patches/packages/rsync-2.6.3-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to rsync-2.6.3.
  From the rsync NEWS file:
      A bug in the sanitize_path routine (which affects a non-chrooted
      rsync daemon) could allow a user to craft a pathname that would get
      transformed into an absolute path for certain options (but not for
      file-transfer names).  If you're running an rsync daemon with chroot
      disabled, *please upgrade*, ESPECIALLY if the user privs you run
      rsync under is anything above "nobody".
  Note that rsync, in daemon mode, sets the "use chroot" to true by
  default, and (in this default mode) is not vulnerable to this issue.
  I would strongly recommend against setting "use chroot" to false
  even if you've upgraded to this new package.
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Oct  4 17:01:13 EDT 2004
patches/packages/getmail-3.2.5-s390-1.tgz: Upgraded to
  getmail-3.2.5.  Earlier versions contained a local security flaw
  when used in an insecure fashion (surprise, running something as
  root that writes to user-controlled files or directories could
  allow the old symlink attack to clobber system files!  :-)
  From the getmail CHANGELOG:
      This vulnerability is not exploitable if the administrator does
      not deliver mail to the maildirs/mbox files of untrusted local
      users, or if getmail is configured to use an external
      unprivileged MDA.  This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable.
  Most users would not use getmail in such as way as to be vulnerable
  to this flaw, but if your site does this package closes the hole.
  Note that getmail-3.2.5 refuses to deliver mail as root, so using
  getmail in this way will not be possible.  Either run it as the
  user that owns the target mailbox, or (in the case of root) deliver
  through an external MDA.  Getmail-4 does not have this restriction,
  but it requires a newer version of python...
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Sep 20 18:53:18 EDT 2004
patches/packages/cups-1.1.21-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cups-1.1.21.
  This fixes a flaw where a remote attacker can crash the CUPS
  server causing a denial of service.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0558
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Sep  8 00:37:56 EDT 2004
patches/packages/packages/kdebase-3.1.4-s390-2.tgz: Patched frame injection
  vulnerability in Konqueror.  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0721
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/packages/kdelibs-3.1.4-s390-2.tgz: Patched unsafe temporary directory
  usage, cross-domain cookie injection vulnerability for certain country
  specific domains, and frame injection vulnerability in Konqueror.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0689
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0690
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0721
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0746
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Fri Aug 27 16:49:33 EDT 2004
patches/packages/gaim-0.82.1-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to gaim-0.82.1 and gaim-encryption-2.30.
  Fixes several security issues:
     Content-length DOS (malloc error) (no CAN ID on this one)
     MSN strncpy buffer overflow (CAN-2004-0500)
     Groupware message receive integer overflow (CAN-2004-0754)
     Smiley theme installation lack of escaping (CAN-2004-0784)
     RTF message buffer overflow, Local hostname resolution buffer overflow,
       URL decode buffer overflow (these 3 are CAN-2004-0785)
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0500
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0754
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0784
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0785
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Aug 25 15:47:06 EDT 2004
patches/packages/qt-3.2.1-s390-2.tgz:  Patched bugs in the image
  loading routines which could be used by an attacker to run
  unauthorized code or create a denial-of-service.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0691
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0692
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0693
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Aug 11 20:43:19 EDT 2004
patches/packages/mozilla-1.4.3-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Mozilla 1.4.3.
  Unfortunately, this breaks both Galeon and Epiphany and there are
  no new versions that will work with this Mozilla along with the
  Slackware 9.1 version of GNOME.  Sorry about that.
  This fixes a ton of security issues.  If you want to find out about
  all of them, here are the URLs find out more:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0718
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0722
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0757
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0758
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0759
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0760
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0761
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0762
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0763
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0764
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0765
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-plugins-1.4.3-noarch-1.tgz:  Updated
  symlinks to use /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4.3/.
+--------------------------+

Sun Aug  8 23:13:45 EDT 2004
patches/packages/imagemagick-5.5.7_25-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  ImageMagick-5.5.7_25.  Fixes PNG security issues.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.5-s390-2.tgz:  Patched possible security
  issues including buffer and integer overflows and null pointer
  references.  These issues could cause program crashes, or possibly
  allow arbitrary code embedded in a malicious PNG image to execute.
  The PNG library is widely used within the system, so all sites
  should upgrade to the new libpng package.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0597
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0598
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0599
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sox-12.17.4-s390-2.tgz:  Patched buffer overflows
  that could allow a malicious WAV file to execute arbitrary code.
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Mon Jul 26 12:59:03 EDT 2004
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.19_1.3.31-s390-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.19-1.3.31.
  This fixes a security hole (ssl_log() related format string
  vulnerability in mod_proxy hook functions), so sites using mod_ssl
  should upgrade to the new version.  Be sure to back up your existing
  key files first.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/samba-2.2.10-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to samba-2.2.10.
  A buffer overrun has been located in the code used to support
  the 'mangling method = hash' smb.conf option.  Affected Samba
  2.2 installations can avoid this possible security bug by using
  the hash2 mangling method.  Server installations requiring
  the hash mangling method are encouraged to upgrade to Samba v2.2.10
  or v3.0.5.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0686
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Wed Jul 21 14:42:45 EDT 2004
patches/packages/php-4.3.8-s390-1.tgz:  Upgraded to php-4.3.8.
  This release fixes two security problems in PHP (memory_limit handling and
  a problem in the strip_tags function).  Sites using PHP should upgrade.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0594
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0595
  (* Security fix *)

+--------------------------+
Tue Jun 15 02:11:41 PDT 2004
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-3.tgz:  Patched local DoS
  (CAN-2004-0554).  Without this patch to asm-i386/i387.h a local user
  can crash the kernel.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.26-noarch-2.tgz:  Patched local DoS
  (CAN-2004-0554).  The new patch can be found here, too:
  patches/source/kernel-source/CAN-2004-0554.i387.fnclex.diff.gz
  (* Security fix *)
patches/kernels/*:  Patched local DoS (CAN-2004-0554).
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed Jun  9 11:35:15 PDT 2004
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.17-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.17.
  From the cvs NEWS file:
  * Thanks to Stefan Esser & Sebastian Krahmer, several potential security
    problems have been fixed.  The ones which were considered dangerous enough
    to catalogue were assigned issue numbers CAN-2004-0416, CAN-2004-0417, &
    CAN-2004-0418 by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project.  Please
    see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
  * A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed.
    This addresses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project's issue
    CAN-2004-0414.  Please see <http://www.cve.mitre.org> for more information.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed Jun  2 11:28:17 PDT 2004
patches/packages/apache-1.3.31-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to apache-1.3.31, needed
  to use the new mod_ssl.  If /usr/sbin/apachectl is a link to mod_ssl's
  apachectl, do not replace it.
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31.  This fixes a buffer overflow that may allow remote
  attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long
  subject DN, if mod_ssl is configured to trust the issuing CA:
    *) Fix buffer overflow in "SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth" implementation
      if the Subject-DN in the client certificate exceeds 6KB in length.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0488
  (* Security fix *)
  Other changes:  Make the sample keys .new so as not to overwrite existing
  server keys.  However, any existing mod_ssl package will have these listed
  as non-config files, and will still remove and replace these upon upgrade.
  You'll have to save your config files one more time... sorry).
patches/packages/php-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to php-4.3.6.  This is
  compiled with c-client.a in /usr/local/lib/c-client/ to fix a problem in
  previous php packages where linking against the library in a path under
  /tmp caused an ELF rpath to this location to be built into the PHP binaries.
  A local attacker could (by placing shared libraries in this location) either
  crash PHP or cause arbitrary code to be executed as the PHP user (typically
  "nobody").  Thanks to Bryce Nichols for discovering this issue and bringing
  it to my attention.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Mon May 31 16:42:50 PDT 2004
patches/packages/mc-4.6.0-i486-4.tgz:  Patched to fix some problems with
  hotkeys and php syntax parsing that were caused by the recent changes.
+--------------------------+
Wed May 19 14:16:32 PDT 2004
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.16-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.16.  From
  the NEWS file:
    A potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the server has been fixed.
    Prior to this patch, a malicious client could potentially use carefully
    crafted server requests to run arbitrary programs on the CVS server
    machine.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0396
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Mon May 17 19:31:12 PDT 2004
patches/packages/kdelibs-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz:  Patched URI security
  issues.  According to www.kde.org:
    The telnet, rlogin, ssh and mailto URI handlers in KDE do not
    check for '-' at the beginning of the hostname passed, which
    makes it possible to pass an option to the programs started
    by the handlers.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0411
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Fri May 14 15:11:37 PDT 2004
patches/packages/mc-4.6.0-i486-2.tgz:  Patched to fix buffer overflow,
  format string, and temporary file creation vulnerabilities found by
  Andrew V. Samoilov and Pavel Roskin.  These could lead to a denial of
  service or the execution of arbitrary code as the user running mc.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0226
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0231
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0232
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed May 12 13:06:39 PDT 2004
patches/packages/apache-1.3.29-i486-2.tgz:  Patched four security issues
  in the Apache web server as noted on http://httpd.apache.org.
  These security fixes were backported from Apache 1.3.31:

    In mod_digest, verify whether the nonce returned in the client
    response is one we issued ourselves.  This problem does not affect
    mod_auth_digest. (CAN-2003-0987)

    Escape arbitrary data before writing into the errorlog.  (CAN-2003-0020)

    Fix starvation issue on listening sockets where a short-lived connection
    on a rarely-accessed listening socket will cause a child to hold the
    accept mutex and block out new connections until another connection
    arrives on that rarely-accessed listening socket.  (CAN-2004-0174)

    Fix parsing of Allow/Deny rules using IP addresses without a netmask;
    issue is only known to affect big-endian 64-bit platforms (CAN-2003-0993)

  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0987
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0020
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0174
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0993

  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Tue May  4 13:11:26 PDT 2004
patches/packages/bin-8.5.0-i486-2.tgz:  Fixed buffer overflows and
  directory traversal vulnerabilities in the 'lha' archive utility.  Sites
  using 'lha' should upgrade to the new bin package right away.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0234
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0235
  (* Security fix *)
  Upgraded to dosfstools-2.10.
+--------------------------+
Sun May  2 17:16:41 PDT 2004
patches/packages/libpng-1.2.5-i486-2.tgz:  Patched a problem where
  libpng may access memory that is out of bounds when creating an error
  message, possibly crashing libpng and creating a denial of service.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0421
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/rsync-2.6.2-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to rsync-2.6.2.
  Rsync before 2.6.1 does not properly sanitize paths when running a
  read/write daemon without using chroot, allowing remote attackers to
  write files outside of the module's path.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0426
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/sysklogd-1.4.1-i486-9.tgz:  Patched a bug which could allow
  a user to cause syslogd to write to unallocated memory and crash.
  Thanks to Steve Grubb for finding the bug, and Solar Designer for refining
  the patch.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xine-lib-1rc4-i686-1.tgz:  Upgraded to xine-lib-1-rc4.
  This fixes an exploit possible when playing Real RTSP streams.
  For more details, see:
    http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-3
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed Apr 28 10:19:51 PDT 2004
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-2.tgz:  The first version of this
  package included one of the old 2.4.22 kernels by mistake.  Thanks to the
  many people who pointed out this error.  Sorry!
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Tue Apr 27 15:25:29 PDT 2004
patches/packages/alsa-driver-0.9.8-i486-3.tgz:  Recompiled for Linux 2.4.26.
patches/packages/hotplug-2004_01_05-noarch-1.tgz:  This adds bugfixes for using
  a 2.6.x kernel, and adds the broken via-ircc module to the hotplug blacklist.
  Note that upgrading the package will not replace an existing blacklist, but
  as far as I can tell there are no ill effects from trying to load via-ircc
  other than the ugly mess on the screen at boot time.
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26.
patches/packages/kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26.
patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.26-noarch-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26.
patches/packages/kernels/*:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.26.
  These 2.4.26 kernel upgrades fix:
    an overflow in ip_setsockopt() [CAN-2004-0424]
    a flaw in do_fork() that could lead to a DoS
    an (unexploitable) overflow in panic() [CAN-2004-0394]
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0394
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0424
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Tue Apr 20 19:01:58 PDT 2004
patches/packages/xine-lib-1rc3c-i686-1.tgz:  Upgraded to xine-lib-1-rc3c.
  This release fixes a security problem where opening a malicious MRL
  could write to system (or other) files.  For detailed information, see:
    http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-1
  Thanks to Dario Nicodemi for the heads-up on this advisory.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xine-ui-0.99.1-i686-1.tgz:  Upgraded to xine-ui-0.99.1,
  which fixes a similar MRL security issue.  For details, see:
    http://www.xinehq.de/index.php/security/XSA-2004-2
  Thanks again to Dario Nicodemi.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Mon Apr 19 13:51:01 PDT 2004
patches/packages/utempter-1.1.1-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to libutempter-1.1.1
  (this is a new version written by Dmitry V. Levin of ALT Linux).
  This upgrade fixes a low-level security issue in utempter-0.5.2 where
  utempter could possibly be tricked into writing through a symlink, and is
  a cleaner implementation all-around.
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0233
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Sat Apr 17 14:09:23 PDT 2004
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.15-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.15.
  Fixes two security problems (server creating arbitrary files on a client
  machine, and client viewing files outside of the CVS repository).
  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0180
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0405
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Sat Apr 17 11:03:35 PDT 2004
patches/packages/tcpdump-3.8.3-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to tcpdump-3.8.3 and
  libpcap-0.8.3.  This fixes a couple minor bugs that shouldn't affect
  32-bit ix86 Slackware, but we might as well have the latest.
  According to www.tcpdump.org:

    TCPDUMP version 3.8.3 has been released as of March 30, 2004. 3.8.3 is
    identical to 3.8.2, but the version number has been incremented to
    match libpcap.

    LIBPCAP version 0.8.3 has been released as of March 30, 2004. 0.8.3
    fixes a minor problem with gencode.c on 64-bit architectures. It also
    carries the correct version numbers.
+--------------------------+
Tue Mar 30 22:16:38 PST 2004
patches/packages/tcpdump-3.8.2-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to tcpdump-3.8.2
  and libpcap-0.8.2.  Fixes denial-of-service security issues.
  For more details, see:
    http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0183
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0184
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-headers-2.4.24-i386-1.tgz:  Added.
+--------------------------+
Wed Mar 17 14:41:42 PST 2004
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7d-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to openssl-0.9.7d.
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7d-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  openssl-0.9.7d.  This fixes two potential denial-of-service issues in
  earlier versions of OpenSSL.  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0079
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0112
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed Feb 18 03:44:42 PST 2004
patches/kernels/:  Recompiled to fix another bounds-checking error in
  the kernel mremap() code.  (this is not the same issue that was fixed
  on Jan 6)  This bug could be used by a local attacker to gain root
  privileges.  Sites should upgrade to a new kernel.  After installing
  the new kernel, be sure to run 'lilo'.
    For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0077
  Thanks to Paul Starzetz for finding and researching this issue.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.24-i486-2.tgz:  Patched, recompiled.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.24-noarch-2.tgz:  Patched the kernel
  source with a fix for the mremap() problem from Solar Designer, and
  updated the Speakup driver (not pre-applied).
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/metamail-2.7-i486-2.tgz:  Patched two format string
  bugs and two buffer overflows in metamail which could lead to
  unauthorized code execution.  Thanks to Ulf Härnhammar for discovering
  these problems and providing a patch.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Thu Feb 12 10:00:37 PST 2004
patches/packages/mutt-1.4.2i-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to mutt-1.4.2i.
  This fixes an overflow that is a potential security hole.  Here's the
  information from www.mutt.org:
    "Mutt 1.4.2 was released on February 11, 2004. This version fixes a buffer
     overflow that can be triggered by incoming messages.  There are reports
     about spam that has actually triggered this problem and crashed mutt. It
     is recommended that users of mutt versions prior to 1.4.2 upgrade to this
     version, or apply the patch included below."
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/xfree86-4.3.0-i486-6.tgz:  Patched to fix buffer overflow
  problems with the parsing of 'font.alias' files that could allow
  unauthorized code execution.  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0083
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0084
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0106
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Mon Jan 26 15:27:17 PST 2004
patches/packages/gaim-0.75-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gaim-0.75 and patched
  12 overflows that can allow remote compromise.  All GAIM users should
  upgrade.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Wed Jan 14 11:58:58 PST 2004
patches/packages/inn-2.4.1-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to inn-2.4.1.
  From the inn-2.4.1 NEWS file:
    * SECURITY: Handle the special filing of control messages into per-type
    newsgroups more robust.  This closes a potentially exploitable buffer
    overflow.  Thanks to Dan Riley for his excellent bug report.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/kdepim-3.1.4-i486-2.tgz:  Recompiled with security patch
  post-3.1.4-kdepim-kfile-plugins.diff.  From the KDE advisory:

    The KDE team has found a buffer overflow in the file information reader
    of VCF files.  A carefully crafted .VCF file potentially enables local
    attackers to compromise the privacy of a victim's data or execute
    arbitrary commands with the victim's privileges.
      By default, file information reading is disabled for remote files.
    However, if previews are enabled for remote files, remote attackers may
    be able to compromise the victim's account.

  For more details, see:
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0988
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Thu Jan  8 13:31:49 PST 2004
patches/packages/j2sdk-1_4_2_03-i586-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Software
  Development Kit Standard Edition, Version 1.4.2_03.  Among other fixes,
  this updates the Verisign root certificates which expired yesterday in the
  version of Java shipped in Slackware 9.1.
  Thanks to Dominik L. Borkowski for the heads-up.  :-)
+--------------------------+
Tue Jan  6 15:01:54 PST 2004
patches/kernels/:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.24.  This fixes a bounds-checking
  problem in the kernel's mremap() call which could be used by a local attacker
  to gain root privileges.  Sites should upgrade to the 2.4.24 kernel and
  kernel modules.  After installing the new kernel, be sure to run 'lilo'.
    For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0985
  Thanks to Paul Starzetz for finding and researching this issue.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/alsa-driver-0.9.8-i486-2.tgz:  Recompiled against
  linux-2.4.24.
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.11-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.11.
  This version enforces greater security.  Changes include pserver
  refusing to run as root, and logging attempts to exploit the security
  hole fixed in 1.11.10 in the syslog.
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.24-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded bare.i kernel
  package to Linux 2.4.24.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.24-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux
  2.4.24 kernel modules.
patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.24-noarch-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux
  2.4.24 kernel source, with XFS and Speakup patches included (but not
  pre-applied).  This uses the XFS and Speakup patches for 2.4.23, which
  should be fine since 2.4.24 didn't change much code.  Proper XFS
  patches for 2.4.24 will probably be out soon to fix the one Makefile
  rejection for EXTRAVERSION = -xfs, but likely little else will be
  different since XFS development has already gone ahead to what is now
  the 2.4.25-pre kernel series.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-xfs/alsa-driver-xfs-0.9.8-i486-2.tgz:
  Recompiled against linux-2.4.24-xfs.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-xfs/kernel-modules-xfs-2.4.24-i486-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.24 kernel modules for the xfs.s (XFS patched)
  kernel.
+--------------------------+
Fri Dec 12 11:12:05 PST 2003
patches/packages/lftp-2.6.10-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to lftp-2.6.10.
  According to the NEWS file, this includes "security fixes in html
  parsing code" which could cause a compromise when using lftp to
  access an untrusted site.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Thu Dec 11 12:29:30 PST 2003
patches/packages/cvs-1.11.10-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to cvs-1.11.10.
From the NEWS file:
  SERVER SECURITY ISSUES
    * Malformed module requests could cause the CVS server to attempt to
    create directories and possibly files at the root of the filesystem
    holding the CVS repository.  Filesystem permissions usually prevent
    the creation of these misplaced directories, but nevertheless, the
    CVS server now rejects the malformed requests.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Sat Dec  6 15:39:32 PST 2003
patches/packages/lesstif-0.93.94-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to lesstif-0.93.94.
  This should be a more stable version (thanks to Andrea Comerlati, who
  reported a crash with xmgrace compiled against lesstif-0.93.91).
+--------------------------+
Wed Dec  3 22:18:35 PST 2003
patches/packages/rsync-2.5.7-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to rsync-2.5.7.
  From the rsync-2.5.7-NEWS file:
    SECURITY:
    * Fix buffer handling bugs.  (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
      Russell, Andrea Barisani)
  The vulnerability affects sites running rsync in daemon mode (rsync
  servers).  These sites should be upgraded immediately.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Tue Dec  2 12:40:30 PST 2003
patches/packages/gnupg-1.2.3-i486-2.tgz:  Removed support for ElGamal
  keys, since an implementation error has caused many of these to be
  easily compromised.  Any existing sign+encrypt ElGamal keys should
  be revoked (and you'll need to use your existing gpg to do that).
  Fortunately, ElGamal is not used by default in GnuPG, is not widely
  used, and was never a popular choice because it produced larger
  signatures and was more costly to encrypt/decrypt than other
  choices.  If you've been using ElGamal, you will need to select a
  new key cipher type for your replacement key (my suggestion would
  be to go with the GnuPG default).
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Mon Dec  1 21:36:30 PST 2003
patches/kernels/:  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.23.  This fixes a bug in the
  kernel's do_brk() function which a local user could exploit to gain
  root privileges.  For more details, see:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0961
  Sites should upgrade to the 2.4.23 kernel and kernel modules.  After
  installing the new kernel, be sure to run 'lilo'.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/alsa-driver-0.9.8-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  alsa-driver-0.9.8, compiled against linux-2.4.23.
patches/packages/alsa-lib-0.9.8-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to alsa-lib-0.9.8.
patches/packages/alsa-oss-0.9.8-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to alsa-oss-0.9.8.
patches/packages/alsa-utils-0.9.8-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  alsa-utils-0.9.8.
patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.23-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded bare.i kernel
  package to Linux 2.4.23.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.23-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux
  2.4.23 kernel modules.
patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.23-noarch-2.tgz:  Upgraded to Linux
  2.4.23 kernel source, with XFS and Speakup patches included (but not
  pre-applied).
patches/packages/kernel-modules-xfs/alsa-driver-xfs-0.9.8-i486-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to alsa-driver-0.9.8, compiled against linux-2.4.23-xfs.
patches/packages/kernel-modules-xfs/kernel-modules-xfs-2.4.23-i486-1.tgz:
  Upgraded to Linux 2.4.23 kernel modules for the xfs.s (XFS patched)
  kernel.
+--------------------------+
Mon Nov  3 20:06:29 PST 2003
patches/packages/apache-1.3.29-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to apache-1.3.29.
  This fixes the following local security issue:
    o CAN-2003-0542 (cve.mitre.org)
      Fix buffer overflows in mod_alias and mod_rewrite which occurred if
      one configured a regular expression with more than 9 captures.
  This vulnerability requires the attacker to create or modify certain
  Apache configuration files, and is not a remote hole.  However, it could
  possibly be used to gain additional privileges if access to the Apache
  administrator account can be gained through some other means.  All sites
  running Apache should upgrade.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.16_1.3.29-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to
  mod_ssl-2.8.16_1.3.29.
+--------------------------+
Wed Oct 22 12:10:11 PDT 2003
patches/packages/fetchmail-6.2.5-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to fetchmail-6.2.5.
  This fixes a security issue where a specially crafted message could cause
  fetchmail to crash, preventing the user from retrieving email.
  (* Security fix *)
patches/packages/gdm-2.4.4.5-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to gdm-2.4.4.5.  This
  fixes a bug which can allow a local user to crash gdm, preventing
  access until the machine is rebooted.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Sun Oct 12 13:01:53 PDT 2003
patches/packages/rpm-4.2.1-i486-2.tgz:  Fixed /var/tmp with wrong (only
  writable by root) permissions.  RPM really shouldn't have installed its
  own /var/tmp anyway, but now it needs to be corrected before it can be
  removed.  Thanks to Denis A. Kaledin for reporting this permissions bug.
+--------------------------+
Wed Oct  8 13:17:01 PDT 2003
patches/packages/gstreamer-0.6.3-i486-3.tgz:  This adds appropriate
  installation scripts to make sure that gst-register is run.  This
  builds the /var/lib/cache/gstreamer-0.6/registry.xml database which
  is needed for applications using the gstreamer framework to function
  correctly.  Installing this updated package will run gst-register for
  you (or you can simply run it yourself as root).
  Thanks to Eugenia Loli-Queru for the bug report.
patches/packages/rpm-4.2.1-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to rpm-4.2.1.
  This fixes problems with the version of RPM shipped with Slackware 9.1.
  After the release, it was discovered that attempting to install packages
  with RPM would cause it to segfault, and that recompiling that version of
  RPM produced a broken binary unable to build SRPMs (this had been
  discovered previously, and was the reason RPM had been compiled statically;
  unfortunately the static binary quit working for unknown reasons).
  The 4.1.x series seems to have the same problems with SRPM building not
  working (an incompatibility with glibc-2.3.2, perhaps?), but the 4.2.1
  version has been tested and found to work.
+--------------------------+
Wed Oct  1 16:57:53 PDT 2003
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-2.tgz:  Rebuilt.
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-2.tgz:  Some minor bugs in the 0.9.7c
  release caused a few manpages to be incorrectly installed, as well as
  /usr/lib/pkgconfig to be chmoded 644 (which will lead to problems
  compiling things).  These problems are fixed in our -2 build.
  Thanks to Frédéric L. W. Meunier and Mark Post for the bug reports.
+--------------------------+
Tue Sep 30 16:16:35 PDT 2003
patches/packages/openssl-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c.
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-0.9.7c-i486-1.tgz:  Upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.7c.
  This update fixes problems with OpenSSL's ASN.1 parsing which could lead to
  a denial of service.  It is not known whether the problems could lead to the
  running of malicious code on the server, but it has not been ruled out.
  For detailed information, see OpenSSL's security advisory:
    http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030930.txt
  We recommend sites that use OpenSSL upgrade to the fixed packages right away.
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+