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Slackware Linux vulnerabilities
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Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 11 vulnerabilities in Slackware Linux: 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 1 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-1999-1498, was published on 6 April 1998.
- Last 7 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Critical, all time
- 1
- Exploited in the wild
- 0
About Slackware Linux
A Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding based on Softlanding Linux System.
Latest Slackware Linux vulnerabilities
- CVE-1999-1498: Slackware Linux pkgtool symlink attack in reply filelowCVSS 3.6
- CVE-1999-1445: Slackware imapd and ipop3d denial of service and info leak via core dumpmediumCVSS 5
- CVE-1999-0340: Slackware Linux buffer overflow in crondhighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1095: Multiple Linux Distributions sort utility symlink vulnerability in /tmphighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1489: XFree86 SuperProbe buffer overflow in TestChip functionhighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-0298: Slackware and SunOS ypbind file overwrite via path traversalhighCVSS 7.5
- CVE-1999-1299: Linux rcp arbitrary file overwrite via UID 65535 integer signedness errorcriticalCVSS 10
- CVE-1999-1187: University of Washington Pine privilege escalation via lockfile symlinkmediumCVSS 4.6
- CVE-1999-1186: rxvt privilege escalation via -print-pipe argumenthighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-0123: Linux mailx race condition in file handlinglowCVSS 3.7
- CVE-1999-0242: Linux POP3 unauthorized mail access with shadow passwordshighCVSS 7.5
Most severe Slackware Linux vulnerabilities
Exploited in the wild first, then by severity and CVSS score.
- CVE-1999-1299: Linux rcp arbitrary file overwrite via UID 65535 integer signedness errorcriticalCVSS 10
- CVE-1999-0298: Slackware and SunOS ypbind file overwrite via path traversalhighCVSS 7.5
- CVE-1999-0242: Linux POP3 unauthorized mail access with shadow passwordshighCVSS 7.5
- CVE-1999-0340: Slackware Linux buffer overflow in crondhighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1095: Multiple Linux Distributions sort utility symlink vulnerability in /tmphighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1489: XFree86 SuperProbe buffer overflow in TestChip functionhighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1186: rxvt privilege escalation via -print-pipe argumenthighCVSS 7.2
- CVE-1999-1445: Slackware imapd and ipop3d denial of service and info leak via core dumpmediumCVSS 5
- CVE-1999-1187: University of Washington Pine privilege escalation via lockfile symlinkmediumCVSS 4.6
- CVE-1999-0123: Linux mailx race condition in file handlinglowCVSS 3.7
Vulnerabilities per week
The last 13 weeks, by the week each vulnerability was published.
| Week of | Bar | Vulns | Critical |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 |
How this is built
Junglewise Threat Intelligence collects vulnerabilities from NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories, and matches each one to the technologies and vendors it affects. Dates are the date a vulnerability was published, in UTC.
The pages are rebuilt from the database every hour. Frozen weekly and monthly reports never change once published, so they can be cited.
Use this data
The same data is at https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/slackware-linux.json, for scripts and language models. It is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back to this page.
Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Slackware Linux vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/slackware-linux, 26 September 2026.