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Slackware 15.0: Net-SNMP Critical Exploit Patch SSA:2025-359-01

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Calendar Grey December 25, 2025
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Net-SNMP security breach fixed in Slackware 15.0 with critical update to patch exploit threats effectively.
New net-snmp 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/net-snmp-5.9.3-i586-2_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: snmptrapd: fixed a critical vulnerability triggered by a specially crafted trap. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68615 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical remote access Net-SNMP slackware

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/net-snmp-5.9.3-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/net-snmp-5.9.3-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/net-snmp-5.9.5.2-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/net-snmp-5.9.5.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 23ebdb7d6306985f2c880bd214d3052d net-snmp-5.9.3-i586-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: c48f8421db872c607d8dc2e0f24432e6 net-snmp-5.9.3-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 7759993c555db4b5af88f5891c692e36 n/net-snmp-5.9.5.2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 66e77b157c3ab575b5202bc1c568d16a n/net-snmp-5.9.5.2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical remote access Net-SNMP slackware

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg net-snmp-5.9.3-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

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