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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libidn (SSA:2026-168-02)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:43:34 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  libidn (SSA:2026-168-02)

New libidn packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/libidn-1.44-i586-1-slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  This update fixes security issues:
  libidn: Fix read-out-of-bounds error in ToUnicode APIs.
  examples: Fix strcpy buffer overflow.
  For more information, see:
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2026-05/msg00000.html
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-libidn/2025-06/msg00000.html
  (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the 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/libidn-1.44-i586-1-slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libidn-1.44-x86_64-1-slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libidn-1.44-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libidn-1.44-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 15.0 package:
cebf86a9c5bd63bcc97933b6a81c975b  libidn-1.44-i586-1-slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b9438bfe435f323eb2752fc0a42bd39c  libidn-1.44-x86_64-1-slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
d0ffe04c5036d4592440cb1d17a30b9b  l/libidn-1.44-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7a0f4faa705823200e445097bcf8dd5f  l/libidn-1.44-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libidn-1.44-i586-1-slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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