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[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2026-106-01)

Posted on 17 April 2026
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libxml2 (SSA:2026-106-01)

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-i586-9_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes security issues:
entities: copy children in xmlCopyEntity.
c14n: Fix Type confusion in xmlC14NProcessAttrsAxis.
python: Do not decref string after adding to the list
(double-free / use-after-free).
c14n: Reuse tmp_str, xmlStrcat reallocates *cur (double-free).
(* 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-i586-9_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_64-9_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.15.3-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.15.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
f83568b90cc9d2f2e89b47464dd9a50e libxml2-2.11.9-i586-9_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
21f972d2b16e43b0a162e6926b09e042 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-9_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a75191c535f987f0c994d4e768ba8ecf l/libxml2-2.15.3-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7fd14a2fdb17c8bd454f36cd273051e1 l/libxml2-2.15.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-9_slack15.0.txz


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

 

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