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[slackware-security] python3 (SSA:2025-155-02)

Posted on 05 June 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] python3 (SSA:2025-155-02)

New python3 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/python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
gh-135034: [CVE-2024-12718] [CVE-2025-4138] [CVE-2025-4330] [CVE-2025-4435]
[CVE-2025-4517] Fixes multiple issues that allowed tarfile extraction filters
(filter="data" and filter="tar") to be bypassed using crafted symlinks and
hard links.
gh-133767: Fix use-after-free in the "unicode-escape" decoder with a
non-"strict" error handler.
gh-128840: Short-circuit the processing of long IPv6 addresses early in
ipaddress to prevent excessive memory consumption and a minor denial-of-service.
gh-80222: Folding of quoted string in display_name violates RFC.
For more information, see:
https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/06/python-3134-31211-31113-31018-and-3923.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12718
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4138
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4330
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4435
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4517
(* 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/python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/python3-3.9.23-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/python3-3.12.11-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/python3-3.12.11-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
221c0d19ded8df959c82fa5cfb4141e9 python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
58375f728441d610b5507f2ad12bbec2 python3-3.9.23-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
3d036605891b77f96ec85811faa064da d/python3-3.12.11-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
3ea85f0cb27edd007fa45ac6ac0535fc d/python3-3.12.11-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg python3-3.9.23-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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