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Slackware Security Advisory - libxml2 Updates

Slackware Security Advisory - libxml2 Updates
Posted May 27, 2016
Authored by Slackware Security Team | Site slackware.com

Slackware Security Advisory - New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix security issues.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, slackware
advisories | CVE-2016-4447, CVE-2016-4448, CVE-2016-4449
SHA-256 | 897ec1b06118a1abb82b30b33d29eec72b0476ee15fe9ac75c98b6bc949cd736

Slackware Security Advisory - libxml2 Updates

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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2016-148-01)

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, and -current to
fix security issues.


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:
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4448
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+


Where to find the 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://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/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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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


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

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


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http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

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