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Debian: Urgent Advisory 2022-2457-01 Regarding Expat Memory Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2022
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest expat updates for Slackware 14.0-15.0 tackle critical vulnerabilities. Update promptly to mitigate any possible threats.
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-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Fix heap use-after-free after overeager destruction of a shared DTD in function XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations. Expected impact is denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43680 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical patch Slackware Denial Of Service expat

Where Find New Packages

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Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.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-i486-8_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_64-8_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i486-8_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_64-8_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i586-8_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64...

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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 14.0 package: 0fd2ba3c6f0c27f4fd9d68ae5a5dc73a expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: c9c50bb9d09921396dc8cba832ca6c54 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: a3abb5b8416e865627d865c072c4a8c6 expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 3bceb11fb5b69049cb3a121fd879e749 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 6c13bb9d0198679b67f19d702179f331 expat-2.4.3-i586-8_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 71ba3c391725745344ccb950a207a2e3 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package: 13d8322d1d270c480ca10a01f47585b1 expat-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 126b299851d0be6f583045a04a8ecf41 expat-2.5.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: cb21f24eb0e34d1b4d9882976a577fae l/expat-2.5.0-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: bb90f8668aef64c82c24d3f57b15f6e4 l/expat-2.5.0-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical patch Slackware Denial Of Service expat

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg expat-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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