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[slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-218-01)

Posted on 07 August 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libXfont2 (SSA:2026-218-01)

New libXfont2 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/libXfont2-2.0.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Font Server Client encoding Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write.
Font Server Client Cumulative Glyph Data Heap Buffer Overflow.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg/2026-August/062274.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-59679
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44950
(* 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/libXfont2-2.0.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXfont2-2.0.9-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
1e8b85f3f6f8697ae28db3db45a8162c libXfont2-2.0.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6949f9f156c76b1ecc2a09205e790aad libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
9986b7fa639e4b983d0e71bf5c3ef21f x/libXfont2-2.0.9-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
aafad9dbd4949d043a7019eb8cf85a2e x/libXfont2-2.0.9-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libXfont2-2.0.9-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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