Slackware alert SSA:2026-182-01 (libevent)

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[slackware-security]  libevent (SSA:2026-182-01)
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Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:12:25 -0700
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[slackware-security]  libevent (SSA:2026-182-01)

New libevent 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/libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This release contains several security fixes, affecting users of the
  following modules: evbuffer, bufferevent, evtag, evrpc, evdns, evhttp.
  If you have a program that uses one of those modules you should upgrade.
  (* 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:
099b2d31e8d39168b87e33492790085f  libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
0c23cf8a2ed85a42e1e59d02123fdadc  libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0e76018a6b117b9fb7fc45a07451b1a6  l/libevent-2.1.13-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
74f1c376e6b23b78858dfd9c84898cac  l/libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1.txz


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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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