[slackware-security] libxml2

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

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a denial-of-service security issue.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3541
(* 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/libxml2-2.9.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.0 package:
3e2093b322813871a187fb316e513bd5 libxml2-2.9.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
0f5fa828de15a11e5505cc816cfd6559 libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
bb1d1330405d725f5bfed7b7702e9be7 libxml2-2.9.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
6e97a34ffff706fbc5f91f53fbe52870 libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
5416577b62b07a7f195dc1036b3d99df libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
bc64d12a5c2b4922925d529f295bc795 libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
9b80c20a53578db72137e1dd7ba2da1f l/libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
24147c57887076d77cc07a6eca640031 l/libxml2-2.9.12-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg libxml2-2.9.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz