Slackware alert SSA:2026-085-02 (libpng)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2026-085-02) | |
| Date: | Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:14:24 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.2.02.2603262114030.19216@connie.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2026-085-02) New libpng packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libpng-1.6.56-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Use-after-free via pointer aliasing in png_set_tRNS and png_set_PLTE. Out-of-bounds read/write in the palette expansion on ARM Neon. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33416 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33636 (* 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: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: 2e036f100e13c974643827a74c55ab5a libpng-1.6.56-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: b98998363184de799754fce3a269f8cb libpng-1.6.56-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: eccb99e6b8fa649802c44466ebd8d7ed l/libpng-1.6.56-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: f579a18f2242eb3f4d27726593b6e676 l/libpng-1.6.56-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpng-1.6.56-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHkEARECADkWIQTsVknaQB4iq/pnNu9qRGPAQBAiMwUCacYDgRsUgAAAAAAEAA5t YW51MiwyLjUrMS4xMiwyLDIACgkQakRjwEAQIjOfCACbBSmUp02z9Wln2Zok5Z2Z GCLTdboAn01Zghv2/FCu73DKIq5weMcUpdi0 =gBH2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----