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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-196-01)

Posted on 16 July 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-196-01)

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-i586-5_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes bugs and the following security issues:
schematron: Fix memory safety issues in xmlSchematronReportOutput.
Schematron: Fix null pointer dereference leading to DoS.
Fix potential buffer overflows of interactive shell.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49794
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49796
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49795
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6170
(* 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:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-5_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-5_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.14.5-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.14.5-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
afaf4912fe07852917ff2f936c2721d9 libxml2-2.11.9-i586-5_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
e457a79253ee1101d560f61eb00a8855 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-5_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
65baa004390c61233d7785375ab14e71 l/libxml2-2.14.5-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
45201dd02e07d95677de056ef9eeaead l/libxml2-2.14.5-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-5_slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

 

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