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[slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2025-252-01)

Posted on 10 September 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2025-252-01)

New libssh 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/libssh-0.11.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Fix NULL pointer dereference after allocation failure.
Fix memory leak of ephemeral key pair during repeated wrong KEX.
Potential UAF when send() fails during key exchange.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8114
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8277
(* 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/libssh-0.11.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.11.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh-0.11.3-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh-0.11.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
a19fea5d731eb85fe71c7fb1b8285f9a libssh-0.11.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6a2a7a8f6fb81d6dea458c6e3009766c libssh-0.11.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0ddc68c6a6a8995da7e10595c3815b72 l/libssh-0.11.3-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
31016f1e16c38239f4832797f68b69a6 l/libssh-0.11.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libssh-0.11.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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