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Posted on 16 July 2025
Slackware Security[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2025-196-02)
New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libxml2-2.11.9-i586-6_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
Recompiled with the missing security patches.
Thanks to bigbadaboum for spotting this.
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-i586-6_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_64-6_slack15.0.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
5664672ac2b6d4b65db6a6640799374d libxml2-2.11.9-i586-6_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
10f227929842ab2ac6a99d3dcfd2b556 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-6_slack15.0.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-6_slack15.0.txz
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