Slackware alert SSA:2026-009-01 (lcms2)

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[slackware-security]  lcms2 (SSA:2026-009-01)
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Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:59:35 -0800
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[slackware-security]  lcms2 (SSA:2026-009-01)

New lcms2 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/lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes a security issue:
  Fix for #469 heap buffer overflow on convert_utf16_to_utf32().
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+

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:
ebe57a7e43d5e7362816e79cc82cc4aa  lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
2f9f2aacd1edadb1fbb6ce69990df56e  lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
e6b561c37a05f7915099ce7a7562d89f  l/lcms2-2.18-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8b37163317caaab8aac706afc7c21268  l/lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1.txz


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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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