From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libXrender (SSA:2026-289-04)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:52:17 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] libXrender (SSA:2026-289-04)

New libXrender 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/libXrender-0.9.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Out-of-bounds read in libXrender's XRenderQueryFormat reply parser.
For more information, see:
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2026-October/003752.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88807
(* 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/libXrender-0.9.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libXrender-0.9.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/x/libXrender-0.9.13-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/x/libXrender-0.9.13-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
ce0adad4d3d84dacfd12febb35600881 libXrender-0.9.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
5eeaa5155d329ae984ed960eb47e7e90 libXrender-0.9.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
13dbc9c42ee4eb653a2c26b53969557a x/libXrender-0.9.13-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1cc9feeba6b90b14945922227b05fd23 x/libXrender-0.9.13-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libXrender-0.9.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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