-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2012-341-03) New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz: Rebuilt. Patched a heap-based buffer underflow in the xmlParseAttValueComplex function in parser.c in libxml2 2.9.0 and earlier that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted entities in an XML document. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5134 (* 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 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.6.32-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/libxml2-2.6.32-i486-4_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.3-i486-5_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.3-x86_64-5_slack13.0.txz Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.6-i486-3_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.6-x86_64-3_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.8-i486-5_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/libxml2-2.7.8-x86_64-5_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.8.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.8.0-x86_64-2.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.1 package: 4b8f8073e5ab0e468368aac52031e133 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: a38284d735b51156b6a0c2aad4a0b0b6 libxml2-2.6.32-i486-4_slack12.2.tgz Slackware 13.0 package: de8fa68b968b05115f06fd1a6c8c874d libxml2-2.7.3-i486-5_slack13.0.txz Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: ff17bc7c4513ad04192ecc351f390d2e libxml2-2.7.3-x86_64-5_slack13.0.txz Slackware 13.1 package: 82340fb2bd9eb47336c072dc0f801589 libxml2-2.7.6-i486-3_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 1e37ae374658bedbaa62aee52d960e6d libxml2-2.7.6-x86_64-3_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: a2c3792fbf110ad3d05fd347deff3958 libxml2-2.7.8-i486-5_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 817ab99eff08314862f48c33703f572f libxml2-2.7.8-x86_64-5_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: b407f6c6e488375e9d7775c1b8eb7231 libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: b11a66b5e80391dac16d92c59a7aa111 libxml2-2.8.0-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz Slackware -current package: dba82933cc4a5298b14ca4f085e930ce l/libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 061c5ad8691d874a9c2a9079c312a725 l/libxml2-2.8.0-x86_64-2.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg libxml2-2.8.0-i486-2_slack14.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlDBYssACgkQakRjwEAQIjNRVQCbBb+v1sN41LC8xmcsOcrZueTF qw8An1+a4OiFXJdALhSSU7wcDH+9mQ2k =mASQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----