[SSA:2017-266-01] libxml2

New libxml2 packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog

patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes some security issues:
Detect infinite recursion in parameter entities (Nick Wellnhofer),
Fix handling of parameter-entity references (Nick Wellnhofer),
Disallow namespace nodes in XPointer ranges (Nick Wellnhofer),
Fix XPointer paths beginning with range-to (Nick Wellnhofer).
(* 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 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures

Slackware 14.0 package:
d34e4c3be3d1e29ff6b5dc5a250048bf libxml2-2.9.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
74a219bdfb32feea365333d8f895b8f8 libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
07bdea8de0773974a9aad289b9aea3b5 libxml2-2.9.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
6c8c68b5dfb023f6231f485fa16f86b2 libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
412befce9b44307ac35c779b50c43cb3 libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
b9a85f45155194ed8c4202353393d57b libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
a21bbe336bfd526af48d9e9f6a00a375 l/libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b3d312e65c5c2e695ca649a1aeeebc1d l/libxml2-2.9.5-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libxml2-2.9.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz