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[slackware-security]  libxml2 (SSA:2025-050-01)

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-2_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  This update fixes security issues:
  Fix stack-buffer-overflow in xmlSnprintfElements.
  Fix use-after-free after xmlSchemaItemListAdd.
  pattern: Fix compilation of explicit child axis.
  For more information, see:
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24928
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56171
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 15.0:
libxml2-2.11.9-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
libxml2-2.13.6-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
libxml2-2.13.6-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
f1f3b5b4df04e22ae6449e9fa004157a  libxml2-2.11.9-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
48fe3dfdd5572e51b607989298041b51  libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
ad3e493267228d86a78e03e82d8e3be4  l/libxml2-2.13.6-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
be10dee4e33eeb89e70d188c62194c4b  l/libxml2-2.13.6-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-2_slack15.0.txz


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