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Slackware: libtasn1 Critical Stack-Based Overflow SSA:2026-008-01

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Calendar Grey January 8, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New libtasn1 packages available for Slackware 15.0 address a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.
New libtasn1 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/libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13151 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical slackware libtasn1 stack-based overflow

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/libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libtasn1-4.21.0-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: dd48004890027b24ad86c714f360078d libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 68b49f25e3234dc7a174228a889301fb libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: d137ebbd0b56a2ca91f348fa8da2df0e l/libtasn1-4.21.0-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 956e804ff79514edb70ce60d1b874678 l/libtasn1-4.21.0-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory buffer overflow critical slackware libtasn1 stack-based overflow

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libtasn1-4.21.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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