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Slackware 15.0: libsodium Important Insufficient Validation SSA:2026-006-01

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New libsodium packages for Slackware resolve important security issues. Immediate updating for improved security is advised.
New libsodium packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libsodium-1.0.18-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: Insufficient validation in crypto_core_ed25519_is_valid_point(). For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69277 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important slackware insufficient validation libsodium

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://www.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/libsodium-1.0.18-i586-4_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libsodium-1.0.18-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libsodium-1.0.21-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libsodium-1.0.21-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 4e56ca202cc07c3f000545c9a3a34ada libsodium-1.0.18-i586-4_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: d8dd6b355d9639006f429ff89e5035cd libsodium-1.0.18-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: c262de38eb076fc6e77bf88da7bb51d4 l/libsodium-1.0.21-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: a736a796d68f408a6efe48b667a1b129 l/libsodium-1.0.21-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue important slackware insufficient validation libsodium

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libsodium-1.0.18-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

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