Slackware 15.0 libXpm Essential Buffer Overflow Resolution SSA-2026-111-02
slackware
April 21, 2026
New libXpm 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/libXpm-3.5.19-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Out-of-bounds read in xpmNextWord(). For more information, see: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel/2026-April/059452.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4367 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
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Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
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Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.19-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXpm-3.5.19-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXpm-3.5.19-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXpm-3.5.19-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 15.0 package:
cd714f2f5bb20e8d92705ecee0e94a81 libXpm-3.5.19-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b158452391573c4afc944b368dd2d0f8 libXpm-3.5.19-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
8bce98b6ecfe5c5616e324adc5cd2c47 x/libXpm-3.5.19-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2761f3fe3009ecdecf34cb28ad0ade90 x/libXpm-3.5.19-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libXpm-3.5.19-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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