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[slackware-security] nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

Posted on 05 March 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] nvi (SSA:2026-063-01)

New nvi 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/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Merge patchset from Debian.
This makes a number of fixes and improvements, especially concerning
wide-character support. It also fixes a possible heap-based buffer
overflow in the regex handling affecting 32-bit platforms.
Thanks to r1w1s1.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2305
(* 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/nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
20b4be275459ec1004777c855d60cc69 nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6aeebbc3cc5934e740217a674675e4bb nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c19f6b9fe31e116ea08ee985d84b3007 a/nvi-1.81.6-i686-4.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0f6f7f41edb565c9ec5b45b016b00a4d a/nvi-1.81.6-x86_64-4.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg nvi-1.81.6-i586-4_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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