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Slackware libarchive Critical Security Update 2026-174-01

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New Slackware packages fix security issues in libarchive. Upgrade to mitigate risks associated with this update.
New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: Tue Jun 23 23:52:16 UTC 2026 patches/packages/libarchive-3.8.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Libarchive 3.8.8 is a security, bugfix and minor feature release. For more information, see: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.8 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update slackware libarchive

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/libarchive-3.8.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.8.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.8.8-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.8.8-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 92a429019be6ee0e4c8e0018e0d50aae libarchive-3.8.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: a91182d3983797f1c9859f26f9d720f0 libarchive-3.8.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 5a3cd2b58a71e4493a12e88d07d05386 l/libarchive-3.8.8-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 3cbf0b1d3cd3a6491be490edc890c270 l/libarchive-3.8.8-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory security issue critical software update slackware libarchive

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libarchive-3.8.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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