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[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2026-042-01)

Posted on 12 February 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] gnutls (SSA:2026-042-01)

New gnutls 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/gnutls-3.8.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
libgnutls: Fix NULL pointer dereference in PSK binder verification.
libgnutls: Fix name constraint processing performance issue.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1584
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14831
(* 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/gnutls-3.8.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gnutls-3.8.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/gnutls-3.8.12-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/gnutls-3.8.12-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
4e81d2596ad3000671543718d61a66ae gnutls-3.8.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
c895aba134633e0b9404f4908cbe68ad gnutls-3.8.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
9ee8b01111c6a81dc1c802f06f901a85 n/gnutls-3.8.12-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
6b2fcae71857d7e27b1e150629bc04d4 n/gnutls-3.8.12-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gnutls-3.8.12-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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