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Slackware 15.0 libevent Important Security Fix 2026-182-01

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Upgrade libevent on Slackware 15.0 to fix critical security issues affecting key modules and user access.
New libevent 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/libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This release contains several security fixes, affecting users of the following modules: evbuffer, bufferevent, evtag, evrpc, evdns, evhttp. If you have a program that uses one of those modules you should upgrade. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote access important slackware libevent

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/libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libevent-2.1.13-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 099b2d31e8d39168b87e33492790085f libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 0c23cf8a2ed85a42e1e59d02123fdadc libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 0e76018a6b117b9fb7fc45a07451b1a6 l/libevent-2.1.13-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 74f1c376e6b23b78858dfd9c84898cac l/libevent-2.1.13-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory security issue remote access important slackware libevent

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libevent-2.1.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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