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[slackware-security] tigervnc (SSA:2025-302-02)

Posted on 30 October 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] tigervnc (SSA:2025-302-02)

New tigervnc 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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extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled against xorg-server-1.20.14, including patches for
security issues:
Use-after-free in XPresentNotify structures creation.
Use-after-free in Xkb client resource removal.
Value overflow in Xkb extension XkbSetCompatMap().
These issues were found by Jan-Niklas Sohn working with Trend Micro Zero
Day Initiative.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2025-October/003635.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62229
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62230
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62231
(* 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/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-9_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.15.0-i686-5.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.15.0-x86_64-5.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
43364b948e97fafed92f32316c3f07ce tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-9_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
fb75e0d5c7fe7e669275861e43d660e2 tigervnc-1.12.0-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
eef590c8fb526786f83a2f223a895836 tigervnc-1.15.0-i686-5.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fc75e416f94edc5bf51212b93156a59b tigervnc-1.15.0-x86_64-5.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg tigervnc-1.12.0-i586-9_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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