New Samba packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues, including uninitialized memory disclosure via vfs_streams_xattr and command injection via the WINS server hook script. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2025-9640 and CVE-2025-10230, have been addressed in the new package releases.

samba (SSA:2025-288-01)

samba (SSA:2025-288-01)

samba (SSA:2025-288-01)

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:
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extra/samba-4.22.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This is a security release in order to address the following defects:
Uninitialized memory disclosure via vfs_streams_xattr.
Command injection via WINS server hook script.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9640
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10230
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2025-9640.html
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2025-10230.html
(* 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/extra/samba-4.22.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/samba-4.22.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/samba-4.23.2-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/samba-4.23.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
6548134c2fdfeffa2b97ccee5b179c8b samba-4.22.5-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
06c06ca36c65b5978794c0930adfe35e samba-4.22.5-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
8185110fb6a33c05ad2276d39affbcef n/samba-4.23.2-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a0a9908a54b5262ec90cdd62cdcb0670 n/samba-4.23.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg samba-4.22.5-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
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