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Slackware Security Updates: dhcpcd & util-linux, -current labelled as Slackware 10.2

There are updated packages available for the Slackware Linux distribution. The packages are dhcpcd and util-linux.

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Slackware Security Updates: kcheckpass, PHP5 and mod_ssl

There are updates for the kdebase, PHP5 and mod_ssl packages available for the Slackware linux distribution.

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Slackware Updates: PHP, PCRE and Gaim

There are new Slackware packages available for PHP, PCRE and Gaim.

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Slackware Security Update: telnet

New tcpip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issues with the telnet client. Overflows in the telnet client may lead to the execution of arbitrary code as the telnet user if the user connects to a malicious telnet server.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

Get your updated packages from the Slackware Package Browser. Lazier and smarter people like me will use updating tools such as Swaret or slapt-get :)

Slackware Security Updates: Mozilla, kdenetwork, fetchmail, zlib and gxine

Wow, multiple security update in one day. Details of the updates are as follows:

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