A libvpx security update has been released for Slackware Linux 15.0.

libvpx (SSA:2023-273-01)

libvpx (SSA:2023-273-01)

New libvpx 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/libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release contains two security related fixes -- one each for VP8 and VP9.
For more information, see:
https://crbug.com/1486441
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217
(* 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/libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libvpx-1.12.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libvpx-1.13.1-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libvpx-1.13.1-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
91c2931046b80c63c8f9758e963de9be libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
f6f3771258f774cda8cc55e70cbe9a3c libvpx-1.12.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
cf9f4f7d9fd705f6f277aac09ca17da6 l/libvpx-1.13.1-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d0315a5d8375a2f4395848705e556e2b l/libvpx-1.13.1-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libvpx-1.12.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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