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Slackware 15.0 nvi Key Heap Buffer Overflow Resolution SSA-2026-063-01

slackware
Calendar Grey March 4, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New nvi packages for Slackware address an important buffer overflow issue to enhance system security and performance.
New nvi 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/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. Merge patchset from Debian. This makes a number of fixes and improvements, especially concerning wide-character support. It also fixes a possible heap-based buffer overflow in the regex handling affecting 32-bit platforms. Thanks to r1w1s1. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2305 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important slackware nvi heap

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://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/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 20b4be275459ec1004777c855d60cc69 nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 6aeebbc3cc5934e740217a674675e4bb nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: c19f6b9fe31e116ea08ee985d84b3007 a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 0f6f7f41edb565c9ec5b45b016b00a4d a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important slackware nvi heap

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

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