Slackware alert SSA:2025-167-01 (libxml2)
| From: | Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com> | |
| To: | slackware-security@slackware.com | |
| Subject: | [slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-167-01) | |
| Date: | Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:19:45 -0700 | |
| Message-ID: | <alpine.LNX.2.02.2506161419200.24104@connie.slackware.com> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-167-01) 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: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt. This update fixes an integer overflow (wraparound) vulnerability in the xmlBuildQName() function of libxml2. This vulnerability is remotely exploitable if the attacker can influence XML content passed to affected applications, potentially resulting in denial of service. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6021 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ 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/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: 09bebd25c3f8489ca38f211c7c7c9583 libxml2-2.11.9-i586-4_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 4fc6211168ba7ed094d43cdba3d2eb14 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: d742d9e66a97c70f5a1cf041ae5d6c17 l/libxml2-2.14.4-i686-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 5435ca452e4e55e028c97dfd5e8cd586 l/libxml2-2.14.4-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-4_slack15.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQTsVknaQB4iq/pnNu9qRGPAQBAiMwUCaFCD0gAKCRBqRGPAQBAi M7WJAJwLe3rhXr0+vnI4UgU/12Gg12TYuACfWESUe8aBrowlf6UEsBlxrM0/j8M= =e24m -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----