[slackware-security] expat

New expat packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/expat-2.7.5-i586-3slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes a security issue: Fix an out-of-bounds read and the resulting infinite loo...

CLSA-2026-1786479348 wireshark: Fix of 26 CVEs

Add wireshark-0019-epan-add-simple-recursion-checks.patch: backport the increment/decrementdissectiondepth API, a prerequisite for the recursion-depth fixes below 3.4.10 has no such API - CVE-2023-1994: GQUIC dissector: fix a NULL pointer dereference - CVE-2024-4853: editcap: do not memmove more...

Security Bulletin: IBM i is Affected By A Denial of Service Vulnerability [CVE-2026-16931]

Summary IBM i is vulnerable to a denial of service due to improper handling of TCP options CVE-2026-16931 as described in the vulnerability details section. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2026-16931 DESCRIPTION: IBM i could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service due to improper...

AZL-95529 CVE-2026-72712 affecting package nmap for versions less than 7.95-5

Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parseoptions function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate...

CVE-2026-72712

Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parseoptions function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72712

Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parseoptions function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate...

CVE-2026-68369

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's USB gadget printer driver. An attacker, by providing specific input to the printerread function, could trigger an infinite loop. This vulnerability occurs when the copytouser function fails to copy data, leading to a denial of service condition where the...

CVE-2026-72712

The CVE-2026-72712 entry documents a denial-of-service in Nmap (

EUVD-2026-56821

Nmap versions up to and including 7.99 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. The malformed packet forces the Packet:parseoptions function in nselib/packet.lua to allocate...

Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Thrift

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Thrift that is used by InfoSphere Information Server were addressed. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2018-11798 DESCRIPTION: The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security...

CVE-2026-72522

A flaw in libexpat's toUtf16 functions mishandles Unicode low surrogates by treating them as high surrogates. An attacker can exploit the resulting out-of-bounds read to trigger an infinite loop, causing a denial of service DoS. Mitigation Limit exposure by restricting the parsing of untrusted or...

CVE-2026-68313

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Transparent Inter-Process Communication TIPC module. A vulnerability in the tipcnlcompatdumpit function can lead to an infinite loop if a callback returns a negative error code. This prevents the release of a critical system lock, causing other processes to...

tipc: fix infinite loop in __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit

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usb: gadget: printer: fix infinite loop in printer_read()

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libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

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tar: Node-tar: Denial of Service via malformed tar archive header

A flaw was found in node-tar, a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted tar archive with a negative entry size in its header. This malformed header causes the archive scanner to enter an infinite loop,...

SUSE CVE-2026-46385

iskorotkov/avro is a fast Go Avro codec. Prior to 2.33.0, the Avro array and map decoders looped over an attacker-controlled block-count value without checking the underlying reader's error state inside the loop body. Reader.ReadBlockHeader returns the count as a Go int, which is 64-bit on amd64 ...

PT-2026-70826

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nmap versions prior to 8.0 Description A denial of service issue allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending a crafted packet containing a zero-length TCP option. This malformed packet triggers the Packet:parse options function...

CVE-2026-67213

A flaw was found in nanoid Nano ID, a small, secure, and URL-friendly unique string ID generator. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a zero-size input to the customAlphabet or customRandom functions. This would cause an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service DoS...

SUSE CVE-2026-67213

nanoid Nano ID before 5.1.6 contains an infinite loop in the customAlphabet and customRandom functions. When these functions are configured with a size of 0, the internal generation loop never satisfies its exit condition and spins indefinitely, hanging the calling thread. An application that...