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Slackware 15.0: CUPS Important DoS Threat Fix SSA:2025-331-01

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Calendar Grey November 27, 2025
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New CUPS packages address local DoS security issues for Slackware 15.0 and -current, enhancing overall system protection.
New cups 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/cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and the following security issues: Fix various cupsd issues which cause local DoS. Fix unresponsive cupsd process caused by slow client. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61915 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58436 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS important slackware cups

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/cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/cups-2.4.15-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 4d5dcdbc62005698688d112c8425364b cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 14cd643784e0de6fbc2c0d159abff0ab cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 91a79b3189b6fb469113fff1b206e2db ap/cups-2.4.15-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 43c5b5477dc5ba3d4555c8eef81d5665 ap/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update DoS important slackware cups

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then, restart the cups server: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart

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