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Posted on 04 June 2026
Slackware Security[slackware-security] proftpd (SSA:2026-154-03)
New proftpd 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/proftpd-1.3.9b-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Additional fixes for SQL injection, notably for handling `%{env:...}`
and `%{note:...}` variables.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42167
(* 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/proftpd-1.3.9b-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/proftpd-1.3.9b-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/proftpd-1.3.9b-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/proftpd-1.3.9b-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
c1fb9d4ddf43f8619964b363c010e157 proftpd-1.3.9b-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
414ccbd2e9faee806d141bf5c488cdc3 proftpd-1.3.9b-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
432397c14bc54c0ffd6af3f1f54da8af n/proftpd-1.3.9b-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
264fbc075d665f23b1c93b652fdbec15 n/proftpd-1.3.9b-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg proftpd-1.3.9b-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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