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Mon Jul 24 00:17:18 UTC 2023
patches/packages/whois-5.5.18-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Updated the .ga TLD server.
Added new recovered IPv4 allocations.
Removed the delegation of 43.0.0.0/8 to JPNIC.
Removed 12 new gTLDs which are no longer active.
Improved the man page source, courtesy of Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
Added the .edu.za SLD server.
Updated the .alt.za SLD server.
Added the -ru and -su NIC handles servers.
1 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 1 upgraded
Code:
Mon Jul 24 22:07:56 UTC 2023
patches/packages/kernel-firmware-20230724_59fbffa-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
AMD microcode updated to fix a use-after-free in AMD Zen2 processors.
From Tavis Ormandy's annoucement of the issue:
"The practical result here is that you can spy on the registers of other
processes. No system calls or privileges are required.
It works across virtual machines and affects all operating systems.
I have written a poc for this issue that's fast enough to reconstruct
keys and passwords as users log in."
For more information, see:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2023/q3/59
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20593
(* Security fix *)
Tue Jul 25 19:45:27 UTC 2023
patches/packages/kernel-firmware-20230725_b6ea35f-noarch-1.txz: Upgraded.
Restored license files and other documentation. Thanks to drumz.
Wed Jul 26 19:26:39 UTC 2023
patches/packages/curl-8.2.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
testing/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.0.3esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Added.
This seems good to go, but a little testing won't hurt.
testing/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.0.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Added.
Here, like in -current, we're going to wait until upstream deems this ready
to trigger the automatic update from earlier versions.
testing/packages/rust-1.70.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Added.
This will replace the package in /extra/rust-for-mozilla/ when the 115.x
versions of Firefox and Thunderbird become the main ones in Slackware 15.0.
2 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 2 upgraded
Code:
Mon Jul 31 21:52:46 UTC 2023
patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-102.13.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/102.13.1/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-28/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3417
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/seamonkey-2.53.17-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.53.17
(* Security fix *)
2 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 2 upgraded
Code:
Tue Aug 1 19:50:53 UTC 2023
patches/packages/openssl-1.1.1v-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
Fix excessive time spent checking DH q parameter value.
Fix DH_check() excessive time with over sized modulus.
For more information, see:
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230731.txt
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230719.txt
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3817
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3446
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/openssl-solibs-1.1.1v-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
6 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 5 upgraded, 1 added
Code:
Fri Aug 4 20:17:36 UTC 2023
extra/php81/php81-8.1.22-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Libxml: Fixed bug GHSA-3qrf-m4j2-pcrr (Security issue with external entity
loading in XML without enabling it).
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3823
(* Security fix *)
extra/rust-for-mozilla/rust-1.70.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Upgraded the Rust compiler for Firefox 115.1.0 ESR and Thunderbird 115.1.0.
pasture/samba-4.15.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Added.
We'll hang onto this just in case.
patches/packages/mozilla-firefox-115.1.0esr-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/115.1.0esr/releasenotes/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4045
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4046
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4047
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4048
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4049
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4050
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4052
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4054
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4055
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4056
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4057
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.1.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/115.1.0/releasenotes/
patches/packages/samba-4.18.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
PLEASE NOTE: We are taking the unusual step of moving to the latest Samba
branch because Windows has made changes that break Samba 4.15.x. The last
4.15.x will be retained in /pasture as a fallback. There may be some
required configuration changes with this, but we've kept using MIT Kerberos
to try to have the behavior change as little as possible. Upgrade carefully.
This update fixes security issues:
When winbind is used for NTLM authentication, a maliciously crafted request
can trigger an out-of-bounds read in winbind and possibly crash it.
SMB2 packet signing is not enforced if an admin configured
"server signing = required" or for SMB2 connections to Domain Controllers
where SMB2 packet signing is mandatory.
An infinite loop bug in Samba's mdssvc RPC service for Spotlight can be
triggered by an unauthenticated attacker by issuing a malformed RPC request.
Missing type validation in Samba's mdssvc RPC service for Spotlight can be
used by an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a process crash in a shared
RPC mdssvc worker process.
As part of the Spotlight protocol Samba discloses the server-side absolute
path of shares and files and directories in search results.
For more information, see:
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2022-2127.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-3347.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34966.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34967.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2023-34968.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2127
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3347
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34966
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34967
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-34968
(* Security fix *)
3 updates (x86_64). Including a (* Security fix *)! : 3 upgraded
Code:
Mon Aug 7 19:22:02 UTC 2023
extra/php80/php80-8.0.30-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
Security issue with external entity loading in XML without enabling it.
Missing error check and insufficient random bytes in HTTP Digest
authentication for SOAP.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3823
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3247
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/vim-9.0.1678-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Applied the last patches from Bram Moolenaar.
RIP Bram, and thanks for your great work on VIM and your kindness to the
orphan children in Uganda.
If you'd like to honor Bram with a donation to his charity, please visit:
https://iccf-holland.org/
patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.1678-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Mon Aug 14 19:04:41 UTC 2023
patches/packages/mariadb-10.5.22-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
For more information, see:
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-10-5-22-changelog/
Wed Aug 16 20:45:00 UTC 2023
patches/packages/mozilla-thunderbird-115.1.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a bugfix release.
For more information, see:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/115.1.1/releasenotes/
Apologies - I misinterpreted "latest changelog" to mean current. Pity about that "fix" - I use AlienBobs Restricted ffmpeg because it has better media coverage - the slackware ffmpeg falls a bit short there. :-( Thank you anyway.
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