From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] tigervnc (SSA:2026-084-02)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:00:24 -0700 (PDT)





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[slackware-security] tigervnc (SSA:2026-084-02)

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-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
The bug fix release TigerVNC 1.16.1 is now available. This release is
primarily a security release to fix an issue in x0vncserver, where other
users can observe and manipulate the screen contents. Users of
x0vncserver are advised to update immediately.
The release also contains a fix for using the Plain security type with
the new w0vncserver, as well as some translation updates.
(* 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-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-i686-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/extra/tigervnc/tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
26e58cff852cc91ee81bb9c071479a3b tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
8ffa47ea948563f5d32f4f089607fdd4 tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
e04aca19b8ebf0284f6f84ad495cb837 tigervnc-1.16.1-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a755c0a1b853390dfacb989c81bf5886 tigervnc-1.16.1-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg tigervnc-1.16.1-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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