expat (SSA:2025-268-01)
expat (SSA:2025-268-01)
expat (SSA:2025-268-01)
New expat packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/expat-2.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fix alignment of internal allocations for some non-amd64 architectures
(e.g. sparc32); fixes up on the fix to CVE-2025-59375 from #1034 (of
Expat 2.7.2 and related backports).
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59375
(* 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-2.7.3-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-2.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.7.3-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.7.3-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
231a024ea0489f015476112db053bcb9 expat-2.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
04b53f66c72fac203e0f5a1424a75278 expat-2.7.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
c5debabd97036957013c9d140b74bb15 l/expat-2.7.3-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
f7edb867be1e35de5460cf15ec1b7385 l/expat-2.7.3-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg expat-2.7.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
