Slackware 12.1 Security Advisory: libxml2 DoS and Code Execution
slackware
November 20, 2008
New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues including a denial or service or the possible execution of ...
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to libxml2-2.6.32 and patched. This fixes vulnerabilities including denial of service, or possibly the execution of arbitrary code as the user running a libxml2 linked application if untrusted XML content is parsed. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4225 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4226 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
Updated package for Slackware 10.2:
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.0 package:
47bf68639ea58f568b30c2281b71327e libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
9f2144caa2c2c91e307ef530765b38c2 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz
Slackware 10.2 package:
a214810e31c5fc60b52f915f4f8c68d8 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz
Slackware 11.0 package:
d173dcfb1d384a69e0051bfa72018c6c libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package:
ad8fb2ad52a13afde3d7b3d987e90211 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package:
04151e39d088a06050b9ff7e2ff2446f libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
437e25e2abb0a557883cf376281b5944 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-2.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libxml2-2.6.32-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Then, restart any services that use libxml2.
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