Slackware alert SSA:2026-008-01 (libtasn1)

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[slackware-security]  libtasn1 (SSA:2026-008-01)
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Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:04:25 -0800
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[slackware-security]  libtasn1 (SSA:2026-008-01)

New libtasn1 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13151
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patc...

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/pa...

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s...

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current...


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
dd48004890027b24ad86c714f360078d  libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
68b49f25e3234dc7a174228a889301fb  libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
d137ebbd0b56a2ca91f348fa8da2df0e  l/libtasn1-4.21.0-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
956e804ff79514edb70ce60d1b874678  l/libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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