Slackware 15.0: libpcap Critical OOB Fix SSA:2026-001-02
slackware
January 1, 2026
New libpcap 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/libpcap-1.10.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues: Fix OOBR and OOBW in pcap_ether_aton(). Fix a bug in error message character encoding mapping from UTF-16 to UTF-8. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11961 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11964 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
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to the Slackware project! :-)
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additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libpcap-1.10.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libpcap-1.10.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libpcap-1.10.6-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libpcap-1.10.6-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
dd90eb20a0f2c7af506e790860d19fdb libpcap-1.10.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6cd4436ff537facfed2c3f92543c35c3 libpcap-1.10.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
f487b389c5901c6e5c320bcea16594be l/libpcap-1.10.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
3696aab42776c4c52e2e1fa918a9c82d l/libpcap-1.10.6-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libpcap-1.10.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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