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Slackware 15.0: xpdf Critical Fix for Buffer Overflow SSA:2025-319-01

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2025
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New xpdf packages for Slackware 15.0 address critical security issues. Immediate action is advised for system safety.
New xpdf 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/xpdf-4.06-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2971 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3247 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3248 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3900 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4141 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4568 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4976 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7866 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7867 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7868 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2574 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3154 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11896 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical slackware xpdf

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/xpdf-4.06-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xpdf-4.06-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/xpdf-4.06-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/xpdf-4.06-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: a4aeff64d0d87e7a8f015968655442d6 xpdf-4.06-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: a1fdd57545d189be27677ebf34886f14 xpdf-4.06-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: b96e96c83bc761ca1ea8f2eb37b39220 xap/xpdf-4.06-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 5e9929c5fc76a1a75c0e013f18214ba9 xap/xpdf-4.06-x86_64-1.txz

Severity
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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical slackware xpdf

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg xpdf-4.06-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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