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Slackware 15.0 tigervnc Critical Security Advisory SSA-2023-090-01

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Calendar Grey March 26, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New packages for tigervnc on Slackware fix security issues, ensuring safer remote access functionality for users.
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-1.16.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed missing security fixes in the 1.16.1 release. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

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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-1.16.2-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-1.16.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.2-i686-1.txz
Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 401489122747e40bd0ecfc9f0b03631c tigervnc-1.16.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 64f9e102fbb2a3f94229eed0dde3b423 tigervnc-1.16.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 6f604364e27b2757fe8556410870cc35 tigervnc-1.16.2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 457132ef9691dea3aba4b50cd2de9158 tigervnc-1.16.2-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg tigervnc-1.16.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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