The Slackware Linux Security Team issued advisory SSA:2026-209 to patch security vulnerabilities in libarchive, Samba, and SeaMonkey for Slackware 15.0 and -current releases. Libarchive updates to version 3.8.9 to resolve security flaws and bug reports, while Samba advances to 4.22.11 on the stable branch and 4.24.5 on -current to fix defects like DNS crashes, LDAP domain takeovers, and CTDB bounds checking errors linked to CVE-2026-6949 through CVE-2026-58224. SeaMonkey gets version 2.53.24 with security fixes that address unspecified browser exploits.
libarchive (SSA:2026-209-01)
samba (SSA:2026-209-03)
seamonkey (SSA:2026-209-02)
libarchive (SSA:2026-209-01)
samba (SSA:2026-209-03)
seamonkey (SSA:2026-209-02)
libarchive (SSA:2026-209-01)
libarchive (SSA:2026-209-01)
New libarchive 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/libarchive-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Libarchive 3.8.9 is a security, bugfix and minor feature release.
For more information, see:
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.9
(* 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/libarchive-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.8.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.8.9-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.8.9-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
a22da39bbfd7280b04e666a6f8d1bf86 libarchive-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
035ee60b0d16312cf9b24b23e5a0a6e8 libarchive-3.8.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
15379242e832293c087698c9e3c142af l/libarchive-3.8.9-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f950c6fa1e339ad14dd59a7d216ea62b l/libarchive-3.8.9-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.8.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
samba (SSA:2026-209-03)
samba (SSA:2026-209-03)
New samba packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
extra/samba-4.22.11-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a security release in order to address the following defects:
TSIG packet with name compression can crash DNS.
An authenticated user could possibly crash a KDC process.
DNS signing DoS via TKEY name cache exhaustion.
Samba AD authenticated LDAP access domain takeover.
Samba AD LDAP Compare filter injection and trusted-request confusion
discloses protected attributes.
The CTDB protocol has bounds checking issues.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6949
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58216
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58218
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58221
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58222
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-58224
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-6949.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-58216.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-58218.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-58221.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-58222.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2026-58224.html
(* 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/extra/samba-4.22.11-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/samba-4.22.11-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-4.24.5-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/samba-4.24.5-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
4653e2cac63253eba04ad0d9fd9c6762 samba-4.22.11-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
8071478017d3ffb06bee38cd4d6c3cea samba-4.22.11-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
a1f1feaf0e6e9c77524a12e03bf3b85b n/samba-4.24.5-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
17a74bfc598d765317f5d36707a08826 n/samba-4.24.5-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg samba-4.22.11-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Then, if Samba is running restart it:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.samba restart
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
seamonkey (SSA:2026-209-02)
seamonkey (SSA:2026-209-02)
New seamonkey 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/seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements.
For more information, see:
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.53.24
(* 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/seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/seamonkey-2.53.24-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/seamonkey-2.53.24-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
41687a0a6f43ab98d8935106519590fe seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
8a3080f38fd4b7717d390ec0da1258aa seamonkey-2.53.24-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
8558cad5bec47cff3e4d7a5b6cabd6fb xap/seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5ace55a4d09feb5269c5378aae815149 xap/seamonkey-2.53.24-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
+------------------------+
Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg seamonkey-2.53.24-i686-1_slack15.0.txz
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
