Slackware: 2022-263-01 Critical: Expat Denial Of Service Attack
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September 20, 2022
New expat packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40674 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
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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 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
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
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg expat-2.4.9-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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