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[slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2026-014-01)

Posted on 15 January 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libpng (SSA:2026-014-01)

New libpng 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/libpng-1.6.54-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Heap buffer over-read in the libpng simplified API function
png_image_finish_read() when processing interlaced 16-bit PNGs with 8-bit
output format and non-minimal row stride.
Integer truncation in the libpng simplified write API functions
png_write_image_16bit() and png_write_image_8bit() causes heap buffer
over-read when the caller provides a negative row stride (for bottom-up
image layouts) or a stride exceeding 65535 bytes.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22695
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22801
(* 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/libpng-1.6.54-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libpng-1.6.54-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libpng-1.6.54-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libpng-1.6.54-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
19a8814a62c441d9fca8f8fe740de783 libpng-1.6.54-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
0edc1119768449104dab38a6044bd777 libpng-1.6.54-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
0b6f7b32f0c861a45d5adfaad5b14899 l/libpng-1.6.54-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e8ffbb237f4e419652de899d0d43803c l/libpng-1.6.54-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libpng-1.6.54-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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