From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2026-047-01)
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:40:28 -0800 (PST)





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[slackware-security] libssh (SSA:2026-047-01)

New libssh 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/libssh-0.11.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
SCP Protocol Path Traversal in ssh_scp_pull_request().
Possible Denial of Service when parsing unexpected configuration files.
Buffer underflow in ssh_get_hexa() on invalid input.
Specially crafted patterns could cause DoS.
OOB Read in sftp_parse_longname().
Read buffer overrun when handling SFTP extensions.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0964
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0965
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0966
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0967
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0968
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14821
(* 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/libssh-0.11.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libssh-0.11.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libssh-0.12.0-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libssh-0.12.0-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
6e38d953e70fab3bbaf71ffb7767e7ca libssh-0.11.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
2612a06767b846a2570a5a21aa9dc952 libssh-0.11.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
c01f2c0005c856bcaadba31b7987fd9d l/libssh-0.12.0-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d3344ea8e62522bb03eead6e2d34f9a4 l/libssh-0.12.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libssh-0.11.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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