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

libwebp (SSA:2023-257-01)

libwebp (SSA:2023-257-01)

New libwebp packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Security fix for lossless decoder (chromium: #1479274, CVE-2023-4863).
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4863
(* 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/libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libwebp-1.3.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libwebp-1.3.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
a2923bea3f3c186e06a76b3b822f5afa libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
3456484fa47644d5b6edb33c7a69be25 libwebp-1.3.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
26d058c9b181b234d0b52617422eabca l/libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0011b0c24f8411d8582b9f89bb01cc06 l/libwebp-1.3.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libwebp-1.3.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
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