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Slackware 15.0 Python3 Update: Fixing Security Issues and Enhancements

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2025
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest Python3 modules rolled out for Slackware 15.0 aimed at fixing vulnerabilities and improving reliability.
New python3 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/python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: gh-135034: [CVE-2024-12718] [CVE-2025-4138] [CVE-2025-4330] [CVE-2025-4435] [CVE-2025-4517] Fixes multiple issues that allowed tarfile extraction filters (filter="data" and filter="tar") to be bypassed using crafted symlinks and hard links. gh-133767: Fix use-after-free in the "unicode-escape" decoder with a non-"strict" error handler. gh-128840: Short-circuit the processing of long IPv6 addresses early in ipaddress to prevent excessive memory consumption and a minor denial-of-service. gh-80222: Folding of quoted string in display_name violates RFC. For more information, see: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/06/python-3134-31211-31113-31018-and-3923.html https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12718 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4138

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Topics Covered

security advisory security patch Slackware denial-of-service memory consumption python package

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/python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/python3-3.9.23-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python3-3.12.11-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python3-3.12.11-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 221c0d19ded8df959c82fa5cfb4141e9 python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 58375f728441d610b5507f2ad12bbec2 python3-3.9.23-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 3d036605891b77f96ec85811faa064da d/python3-3.12.11-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 3ea85f0cb27edd007fa45ac6ac0535fc d/python3-3.12.11-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security patch Slackware denial-of-service memory consumption python package

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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