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Slackware 14.1: 2016-148-01 Critical: libxml2 Buffer Issues

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2016
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Exciting new updates for libxml2 on Slackware that tackle vital security vulnerabilities and enhance system reliability. Update your systems today!
New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: 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: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4447 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4448 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4449 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical format string Slackware libxml2 buffer underread

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical format string Slackware libxml2 buffer underread

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz