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Slackware 15.0 gvfs Important Fix for buffer overflow 2026-059-01

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Calendar Grey February 28, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New gvfs packages for Slackware 15.0 address security issues including potential unauthorized access risks. Upgrade recommended.
New gvfs packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/gvfs-1.48.1-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes security issues: ftp: Use control connection address for PASV data. ftp: Reject paths containing CR/LF characters. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28295 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28296 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak buffer overflow important slackware

Where Find 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/patches/packages/gvfs-1.48.1-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gvfs-1.48.1-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/gvfs-1.58.2-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/gvfs-1.58.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 41f2dcfe3d3cf1340d4849dc49cf8087 gvfs-1.48.1-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: e1b3f58a21c78220f6b6e21b8d1943bd gvfs-1.48.1-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 86ea4645fc39319eaa7e83175eded68e l/gvfs-1.58.2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: bf28cf5385da6abe28fd74b3784350cd l/gvfs-1.58.2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue information leak buffer overflow important slackware

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg gvfs-1.48.1-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

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