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Slackware 15.0 dnsmasq Important security update 2026-135-01

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New dnsmasq packages for Slackware resolve critical security threats with an important upgrade to enhance system safety.
New dnsmasq 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/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2291 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4890 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4891 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4892 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4893 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5172 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote access important slackware dnsmasq

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/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: e77ce84d9a6d58d86be55e9e6961168c dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: a4a0df2313f41adc199981f67e663dd1 dnsmasq-2.92rel2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 41edabf663687424da61d5050f3debe4 n/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: bebf8a2c09fa5222550cce02ec0913c6 n/dnsmasq-2.92rel2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow remote access important slackware dnsmasq

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg dnsmasq-2.92rel2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then restart dnsmasq if it is running: # sh /etc/rc.d/rc.dnsmasq restart

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