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[slackware-security]  libXfont2 (SSA:2026-189-01)

New libXfont2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libXfont2-2.0.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes security issues:
  BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow.
  PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow.
  computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow.
  For more information, see:
    https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-July/062253.html
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56001
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56002
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56003
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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/libXfont2-2.0.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXfont2-2.0.8-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
15a36c81b360d94bc803b65560d94934  libXfont2-2.0.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
11450cfb5cfb79181d49bcd02cc81554  libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a4aa589efa9b9571fcbe729d0c97c524  x/libXfont2-2.0.8-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
719ba3cd0d28b303f6b78d16195ad879  x/libXfont2-2.0.8-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libXfont2-2.0.8-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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