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Slackware 15.0 Tigervnc Security Update for x0vncserver SSA-2026-084-05

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Calendar Grey March 25, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New tigervnc packages for Slackware 15.0 fix security issues with x0vncserver. Upgrade immediately for safety!
New tigervnc packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. The bug fix release TigerVNC 1.16.1 is now available. This release is primarily a security release to fix an issue in x0vncserver, where other users can observe and manipulate the screen contents. Users of x0vncserver are advised to update immediately. The release also contains a fix for using the Plain security type with the new w0vncserver, as well as some translation updates. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory important slackware tigervnc screen access x0vncserver

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://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-i686-1.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 26e58cff852cc91ee81bb9c071479a3b tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 8ffa47ea948563f5d32f4f089607fdd4 tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: e04aca19b8ebf0284f6f84ad495cb837 tigervnc-1.16.1-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: a755c0a1b853390dfacb989c81bf5886 tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory important slackware tigervnc screen access x0vncserver

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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