-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] expat (SSA:2022-263-01) New expat packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/expat-2.4.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Heap use-after-free vulnerability in function doContent. Expected impact is denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the 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 https://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/expat-2.4.3-i486-7_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i486-7_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i586-7_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.2.txz Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/expat-2.4.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/expat-2.4.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.4.9-i586-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.4.9-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 8875d0a7ef12b8b874e0c7a8f3daec23 expat-2.4.3-i486-7_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 54c5c55709bf30f4f1c25b058e0e9dc0 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 415fb2239e9bf331a113fa5a969f54f6 expat-2.4.3-i486-7_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 7d2cddd0b8f59955c015fd816b27f1cf expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: afefed8cbde7f834e8ce26bed09942b3 expat-2.4.3-i586-7_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: b4275c9656969751a44d04babbbffdbd expat-2.4.3-x86_64-7_slack14.2.txz Slackware 15.0 package: 3e20a4c46f535008c74bafa0c6e0ce4b expat-2.4.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: f92b2727f730ace64518e86f62540b74 expat-2.4.9-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: 61b854ca80084f8d10756696c385108c l/expat-2.4.9-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 4367548913891639223cdccf9fac2827 l/expat-2.4.9-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg expat-2.4.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz +-----+