Slackware alert SSA:2026-189-01 (libXfont2)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-189-01) | |
| Date: | Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:55:40 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.2.02.2607081455230.2695@connie.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-189-01) New libXfont2 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/libXfont2-2.0.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow. PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow. computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-July/062253.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56001 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56003 (* 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: 15a36c81b360d94bc803b65560d94934 libXfont2-2.0.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 11450cfb5cfb79181d49bcd02cc81554 libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: a4aa589efa9b9571fcbe729d0c97c524 x/libXfont2-2.0.8-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 719ba3cd0d28b303f6b78d16195ad879 x/libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXfont2-2.0.8-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/pnNu9qRGPAQBAiMwUCak7GbRsUgAAAAAAEAA5t YW51MiwyLjUrMS4xMiwyLDIACgkQakRjwEAQIjNi0ACfSkGHDRJnYmlhD459JiI9 41mCID0AnRNf9HPlwKMebCkOiVakXkgZKRYD =fiR3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----