New gnupg2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address security issues, including CVE-2025-68973 and CVE-2025-68972. These updates also include improvements and require the installation of the new libgpg-error package. Additionally, new wget2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address bugs and security issues, including a file overwrite issue with metalink and buffer overflows in get_local_filename_real() and wget_iri_clone(). Users can upgrade these packages by running the command "upgradepkg" as root.

gnupg2 (SSA:2025-364-01)
wget2 (SSA:2025-364-02)

gnupg2 (SSA:2025-364-01)

gnupg2 (SSA:2025-364-01)

New gnupg2 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/gnupg2-2.2.52-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
Please note that the new libgpg-error package is also required.
For more information, see:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2025/q4/314
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68973
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68972
(* 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/gnupg2-2.2.52-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gnupg2-2.2.52-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnupg2-2.5.16-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/gnupg2-2.5.16-x86_64-1.txz

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

Slackware 15.0 package:
cba98b74a5dcd0cdb46e9cf8ed1a29ea gnupg2-2.2.52-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
c933bed28eedf0475377a69c4aa88067 gnupg2-2.2.52-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
ec1a291425c6206e20906cc1a254e192 n/gnupg2-2.5.16-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7d386838bea25ba2197656e96225bc2c n/gnupg2-2.5.16-x86_64-1.txz

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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gnupg2-2.2.52-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

+-----+

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

wget2 (SSA:2025-364-02)

wget2 (SSA:2025-364-02)

New wget2 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/wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and the following security issues:
Fix file overwrite issue with metalink.
Fix remote buffer overflow in get_local_filename_real(),
Fix buffer overflow in wget_iri_clone() after wget_iri_set_scheme().
Shared library .so-version bump.
(* 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/wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/wget2-2.2.1-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1.txz

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

Slackware 15.0 package:
06ccc5cb00d1bfae1cf28d8936f672e8 wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
64721c304ef80df73ad2dcd7b4086da2 wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
1c46eafb055858059222b16252b4cb50 n/wget2-2.2.1-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
4207ddd7bd3cce3e0eafe60c0a763d18 n/wget2-2.2.1-x86_64-1.txz

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

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg wget2-2.2.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

+-----+

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