New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to address a security issue involving a buffer overflow with incomplete multi-byte characters. The updated packages include vim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz, vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz, and corresponding packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0 and -current.

vim (SSA:2025-361-01)

vim (SSA:2025-361-01)

vim (SSA:2025-361-01)

New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/vim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
patch 9.1.2028: [security]: Buffer-overflow with incomplete multi-byte chars.
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
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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 packages for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/vim-9.1.2028-i686-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i686-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/vim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
8be30f2044993a2579d72f6535769542 vim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
10eb82ce630a0cf555d3b0b942c99ff2 vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
fe4784c2f144994a1d9c0501b9ab9dd7 vim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
18029f89d5662c8277501356ce05d4c0 vim-gvim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
1b2168cf45a070a487a80c9114c2cf0f ap/vim-9.1.2028-i686-1.txz
3027a514a5d69847e809a8cb485c1f6d xap/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
4217ec77a742766cbeadb06c44fc3668 ap/vim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1.txz
8ba94082668c8d31a38ebc29181bf821 xap/vim-gvim-9.1.2028-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg vim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz vim-gvim-9.1.2028-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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