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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] pcre2 (SSA:2026-244-01)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 18:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  pcre2 (SSA:2026-244-01)

New pcre2 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/pcre2-10.48-i586-1.txz:  Upgraded.
  This update fixes bugs and security issues.
  For more information, see:
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-q7rw-r7qq-2hx6
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-ff85-vh9x
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-q8g2-wprr-34m9
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-3r4p-g7gg-ppmf
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-fmgr-6ggq-9859
    https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/security/advisories/GHSA-9qww-pwc4-77qq
  (* 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/pcre2-10.48-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/pcre2-10.48-x86_64-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/pcre2-10.48-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/pcre2-10.48-x86_64-1.txz


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

Slackware 15.0 package:
2f9155e7d73d2cf7fbe9ad3d97776472  pcre2-10.48-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
32499bfaae10661bae9ccdfdb4054826  pcre2-10.48-x86_64-1.txz

Slackware -current package:
92f4d7ed3a48d68b2d61c142ae7a4179  l/pcre2-10.48-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c053d6cc07f5d138e91140b18fec1add  l/pcre2-10.48-x86_64-1.txz


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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg pcre2-10.48-i586-1.txz


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

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