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[slackware-security] libXtst (SSA:2026-290-01)

Posted on 18 October 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libXtst (SSA:2026-290-01)

New libXtst 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/libXtst-1.2.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
parse_reply_call_callback: check element size against remaining reply buffer.
parse_reply_call_callback: reject zero-progress RECORD reply elements.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003757.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-94286
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109088
(* 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/libXtst-1.2.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXtst-1.2.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXtst-1.2.6-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXtst-1.2.6-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
8a9f65954d1cf4b168282cd2a30ff353 libXtst-1.2.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
2947ead3a3e5bfef8e7e27dba262d320 libXtst-1.2.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
8a2e7f4259782b850abb6e2b84660b1e x/libXtst-1.2.6-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
2bb8813041afa66a6f7fe3df5e2898fe x/libXtst-1.2.6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libXtst-1.2.6-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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