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Posted on 10 January 2026
Slackware Security[slackware-security] lcms2 (SSA:2026-009-01)
New lcms2 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/lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Fix for #469 heap buffer overflow on convert_utf16_to_utf32().
(* 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! :-)
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additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/lcms2-2.18-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
ebe57a7e43d5e7362816e79cc82cc4aa lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
2f9f2aacd1edadb1fbb6ce69990df56e lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
e6b561c37a05f7915099ce7a7562d89f l/lcms2-2.18-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
8b37163317caaab8aac706afc7c21268 l/lcms2-2.18-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg lcms2-2.18-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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