Slackware alert SSA:2025-251-01 (libxml2)

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[slackware-security]  libxml2 (SSA:2025-251-01)
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Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:02:52 -0700
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[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:
+--------------------------+
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 *)
+--------------------------+


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:
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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:
+------------------------+

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


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