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Posted on 14 October 2026
Slackware Security[slackware-security] expat (SSA:2026-286-01)
New expat 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/expat-2.9.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
Integer overflow in function expat_realloc on 32bit platforms.
Validate parameter `len` against available buffer capacity in
XML_ParseBuffer.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102633
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77214
(* 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/expat-2.9.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/expat-2.9.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.9.0-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.9.0-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
68bc2251834ce74490f636eec3b9b32b expat-2.9.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
127f55a2a0be05de520562938cabe6b4 expat-2.9.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
a5457ba0ce47a8f2f0e6de76fcdd1f1b l/expat-2.9.0-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fa2473b84c11a4bdef7c31e78afe0258 l/expat-2.9.0-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg expat-2.9.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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