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Slackware 15.0 Libgpg-error Important Fixes Stack Overflow 2026-127-01

slackware
Calendar Grey May 7, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Critical libgpg-error update for Slackware addresses stack overflow and out-of-bounds risks, enhancing security.
New libgpg-error 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/libgpg-error-1.61-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Fix possible stack overflow in es_printf for %.100f format. Fix out-of-bounds read in vfnameconcat. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important slackware stack overflow out-of-bounds libgpg-error

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/libgpg-error-1.61-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libgpg-error-1.61-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/libgpg-error-1.61-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/libgpg-error-1.61-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: fef6ec5237e3244cf71dcb7f81de4295 libgpg-error-1.61-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: ec30dd5034daff9ddd1298c1f5169105 libgpg-error-1.61-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 98fc6d5f3574fc2224f2247ac1b8a4e5 n/libgpg-error-1.61-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 6e2490afe7614dad96ebb4727c8eb8d0 n/libgpg-error-1.61-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory important slackware stack overflow out-of-bounds libgpg-error

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libgpg-error-1.61-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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