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Slackware 15.0: SSA:2024-248-01 Critical: Expat Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 4, 2024
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated expat resources are now accessible for Slackware 15.0 to mitigate security vulnerabilities including potential denial-of-service threats.
New expat packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/expat-2.6.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update addresses security issues with impact ranging from denial of service to potentially artitrary code execution. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45490 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45491 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45492 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution DoS security fix Slackware expat

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://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 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/expat-2.6.3-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-2.6.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.6.3-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.6.3-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: ddb1a7ead2840c9fa32479c1fc53e359 expat-2.6.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 59f2208decfd70f127562debc6eafe29 expat-2.6.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: b5e98e9d838fde938ff61f5bf38c4428 l/expat-2.6.3-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: e61bc71c8ce229ed30afe158cc2f45b0 l/expat-2.6.3-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution DoS security fix Slackware expat

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg expat-2.6.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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