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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2016-148-01)

 

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to

fix security issues.

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:

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patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.

This release fixes bugs and security issues:

Heap-based buffer underreads due to xmlParseName (CVE-2016-4447).

Format string vulnerability (CVE-2016-4448).

Inappropriate fetch of entities content (CVE-2016-4449).

For more information, see:

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4448

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449

(* 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 14.0:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.4-i586-1.txz

 

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1.txz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

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Slackware 14.0 package:

c498433ae7d6077a9d5245877aa2c06e libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

 

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:

c92258a87bb30a6cdce2b5428d640bd5 libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

 

Slackware 14.1 package:

2b74b913a164a23ad2da10eebf923e46 libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

 

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:

e2dee612c7de77822824e43a61414c2c libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

 

Slackware -current package:

98d1ede4a347a49f2ad972ac5339b9e6 l/libxml2-2.9.4-i586-1.txz

 

Slackware x86_64 -current package:

c2d5721aac77b74d7e47a2a8a372d47a l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1.txz

 

 

Installation instructions:

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Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

 

 

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Slackware Linux Security Team

http://slackware.com/gpg-key

security ( -at -) slackware.com

 

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