New cups packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues. These updates address various bugs and security vulnerabilities, including local denial-of-service (DoS) issues and unresponsive cupsd processes. The updated packages can be downloaded from the official Slackware FTP server or other mirror sites listed on the "Get Slack" section of slackware.com. To install the update, users should upgrade the package as root using upgradepkg, followed by restarting the CUPS server with /etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart.

cups (SSA:2025-331-01)

cups (SSA:2025-331-01)

cups (SSA:2025-331-01)

New cups 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/cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and the following security issues:
Fix various cupsd issues which cause local DoS.
Fix unresponsive cupsd process caused by slow client.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61915
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58436
(* 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/cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/cups-2.4.15-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
4d5dcdbc62005698688d112c8425364b cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
14cd643784e0de6fbc2c0d159abff0ab cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
91a79b3189b6fb469113fff1b206e2db ap/cups-2.4.15-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
43c5b5477dc5ba3d4555c8eef81d5665 ap/cups-2.4.15-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg cups-2.4.15-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Then, restart the cups server:
# sh /etc/rc.d/rc.cups restart

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Slackware Linux Security Team
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