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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2026-070-02)

Posted on 12 March 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2026-070-02)

New libxml2 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/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-8_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes security issues:
CVE-2026-1757 fix: Memory leak in xmllint Shell - shell.c
CVE-2026-0990 fix: Prevent infinite recursion in
xmlCatalogListXMLResolve
CVE-2026-0992 fix: Exponential behavior when handling
parser: Fix infinite loop in xmlCtxtParseContent
CVE-2025-10911 libxslt related: Ignore next/prev of documents when
traversing XPath
CVE-2026-0989 fix: Add RelaxNG include limit
Thanks to r1w1s1 for locating the backported patches.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1757
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0990
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0992
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10911
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0989
(* 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-i586-8_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_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.15.2-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.15.2-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
5868328f253dc7040729ef0b057a429c libxml2-2.11.9-i586-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
7969553fbdf9ffdce4bfec2619ff38a6 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a474110a92bac5d51ac8fb62c270b10d l/libxml2-2.15.2-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
484f22dfed7a7391119bd53bebf8480f l/libxml2-2.15.2-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-8_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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