Slackware alert SSA:2026-063-01 (nvi)

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[slackware-security]  nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)
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Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:23:37 -0800
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[slackware-security]  nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

New nvi 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/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Merge patchset from Debian.
  This makes a number of fixes and improvements, especially concerning
  wide-character support. It also fixes a possible heap-based buffer
  overflow in the regex handling affecting 32-bit platforms.
  Thanks to r1w1s1.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2305
  (* 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:
20b4be275459ec1004777c855d60cc69  nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6aeebbc3cc5934e740217a674675e4bb  nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c19f6b9fe31e116ea08ee985d84b3007  a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0f6f7f41edb565c9ec5b45b016b00a4d  a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz


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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz


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