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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2026-227-01)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:13:48 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  proftpd (SSA:2026-227-01)

New proftpd 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/proftpd-1.3.9d-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes bugs and security issues, including:
  Addressed possible use-after-free issue in FTP STAT command.
  Fixed handling of default AllowForeignAddress behavior for passive data
  transfers.
  For more information, see:
    http://www.proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.9d
  (* 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/proftpd-1.3.9d-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.9d-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/proftpd-1.3.9d-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/proftpd-1.3.9d-x86_64-1.txz


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

Slackware 15.0 package:
a9199594ff0ae324826a300599454653  proftpd-1.3.9d-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
eb7d0a3ac3e52eac34bbb0606cb3e0a2  proftpd-1.3.9d-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
f68ed5a09e2545bcb437b713298a9864  n/proftpd-1.3.9d-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
812626cd25bb9f6b1a0057f23b15e082  n/proftpd-1.3.9d-x86_64-1.txz


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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.9d-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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