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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-251-01)

Posted on 09 September 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-251-01)

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-7_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a security issue:
[PATCH] regexp: Avoid integer overflow and OOB array access.
Limit size of 2D arrays to XML_MAX_ITEMS (1e9) to avoid overflow of int
indexes.
(* 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/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-7_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.14.6-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.14.6-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
149967f5de1fc280a1739a023b831335 libxml2-2.11.9-i586-7_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
437c8dd2b686028a3422d232ef4db087 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-7_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a5528bce437a22a91ab6f52a915af2a2 l/libxml2-2.14.6-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
54e54d8e7d4bc0319503190c582bff55 l/libxml2-2.14.6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-7_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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