Slackware alert SSA:2026-218-01 (libXfont2)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-218-01) | |
| Date: | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:15:58 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.2.02.2608061915420.4317@connie.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-218-01) 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/libXfont2-2.0.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Font Server Client encoding Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write. Font Server Client Cumulative Glyph Data Heap Buffer Overflow. For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-August/062274.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59679 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44950 (* 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: 1e8b85f3f6f8697ae28db3db45a8162c libXfont2-2.0.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 6949f9f156c76b1ecc2a09205e790aad libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 9986b7fa639e4b983d0e71bf5c3ef21f x/libXfont2-2.0.9-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: aafad9dbd4949d043a7019eb8cf85a2e x/libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXfont2-2.0.9-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/pnNu9qRGPAQBAiMwUCanUi7hsUgAAAAAAEAA5t YW51MiwyLjUrMS4xMiwxLDIACgkQakRjwEAQIjPRmwCgjWiGG7FdVb67fqgRAztA DOipCzsAn1YIt2QihdJEsHZXBamW+YCUdI18 =kyik -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----