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Slackware 15.0 hunspell Security Fix Notification SSA-2026-125-02

slackware
Calendar Grey May 5, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New hunspell packages for Slackware to address important security issues and upgrade existing installations.
New hunspell 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/hunspell-1.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes bugs and security issues. For more information, see: https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell/releases/tag/v1.7.3 (* Security fix *)

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/hunspell-1.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/hunspell-1.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/hunspell-1.7.3-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/hunspell-1.7.3-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: fa13783191af8e8a395d9e2140f09be8 hunspell-1.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: bf6df10f57c0abaf58214aff1f4a462a hunspell-1.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: f1ac9c4b95a38712de6b46a5aefef10a l/hunspell-1.7.3-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 3d80a8975e51b7142e5912ba846ce1de l/hunspell-1.7.3-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg hunspell-1.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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