A gimp security update has been released for Slackware Linux 15.0 and current.

gimp (SSA:2023-320-01)

gimp (SSA:2023-320-01)

New gimp 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/gimp-2.10.36-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes security issues:
If a user loads a malicious DDS, PSD, or PSP file, this could result in a
program crash or possibly the execution of arbitrary code.
Please note that this package also requires the updated gegl package.
Thanks to henca for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/11/07/gimp-2-10-36-released/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1591/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1592/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1593/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1594/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-44441
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-44442
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-44443
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-44444
(* 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/gimp-2.10.36-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gimp-2.10.36-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/gimp-2.10.36-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/gimp-2.10.36-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
405c519ddcdd8b84299315dd567c014e gimp-2.10.36-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
03365737f0bfbe3bb2307b6b4670610b gimp-2.10.36-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
2e4fd2a98e7b7f5cb3fa70242accd547 xap/gimp-2.10.36-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
1935e4ebc9980f687283785870ae3812 xap/gimp-2.10.36-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gimp-2.10.36-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key