libxml2 (SSA:2026-070-02)
libarchive (SSA:2026-070-01)
libxml2 (SSA:2026-070-02)
libxml2 (SSA:2026-070-02)
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-i586-8_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes security issues:
CVE-2026-1757 fix: Memory leak in xmllint Shell - shell.c
CVE-2026-0990 fix: Prevent infinite recursion in
xmlCatalogListXMLResolve
CVE-2026-0992 fix: Exponential behavior when handling
parser: Fix infinite loop in xmlCtxtParseContent
CVE-2025-10911 libxslt related: Ignore next/prev of documents when
traversing XPath
CVE-2026-0989 fix: Add RelaxNG include limit
Thanks to r1w1s1 for locating the backported patches.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1757
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0990
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0992
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10911
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0989
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
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-i586-8_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_64-8_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.15.2-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.15.2-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
5868328f253dc7040729ef0b057a429c libxml2-2.11.9-i586-8_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
7969553fbdf9ffdce4bfec2619ff38a6 libxml2-2.11.9-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
a474110a92bac5d51ac8fb62c270b10d l/libxml2-2.15.2-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
484f22dfed7a7391119bd53bebf8480f l/libxml2-2.15.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.11.9-i586-8_slack15.0.txz
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
libarchive (SSA:2026-070-01)
libarchive (SSA:2026-070-01)
New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/libarchive-3.8.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
libarchive: fix incompatibility with Nettle 4.x (#2858)
libarchive: fix NULL pointer dereference in
archive_acl_from_text_w() (#2859)
bsdunzip: fix ISO week year and Gregorian year confusion (#2860)
7zip: ix SEGV in check_7zip_header_in_sfx via ELF offset validation (#2864)
7zip: fix out-of-bounds access on ELF 64-bit header (#2875)
RAR5 reader: fix infinite loop in rar5 decompression (#2877)
RAR5 reader: fix potential memory leak (#2892)
RAR5: fix SIGSEGV when archive_read_support_format_rar5 is called
twice (#2893)
CAB reader: fix memory leak on repeated calls to
archive_read_support_format_cab (#2895)
mtree reader: Fix file descriptor leak in mtree parser
cleanup (CWE-775, #2878)
various small bugfixes in code and documentation
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+
Where to find the new packages:
+-----------------------------+
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/libarchive-3.8.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.8.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.8.6-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.8.6-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
1469605a8cec4e66d7a16926ca13aec6 libarchive-3.8.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
3d55f09d648863928671f010a3fe4628 libarchive-3.8.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
3ef64b383d3f537142d73d2bce6d784b l/libarchive-3.8.6-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
fafea232f0960e2aa345e5e3cf3ae152 l/libarchive-3.8.6-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
+------------------------+
Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.8.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
