An expat (SSA:2022-298-01) security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: expat (SSA:2022-298-01)

[slackware-security] expat (SSA:2022-298-01)

New expat packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 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-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
Fix heap use-after-free after overeager destruction of a shared DTD in
function XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.
Expected impact is denial of service or potentially arbitrary code
execution.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-43680
(* 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 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-i586-8_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/expat-2.5.0-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-2.5.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.5.0-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.5.0-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
0fd2ba3c6f0c27f4fd9d68ae5a5dc73a expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
c9c50bb9d09921396dc8cba832ca6c54 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
a3abb5b8416e865627d865c072c4a8c6 expat-2.4.3-i486-8_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
3bceb11fb5b69049cb3a121fd879e749 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
6c13bb9d0198679b67f19d702179f331 expat-2.4.3-i586-8_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
71ba3c391725745344ccb950a207a2e3 expat-2.4.3-x86_64-8_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
13d8322d1d270c480ca10a01f47585b1 expat-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
126b299851d0be6f583045a04a8ecf41 expat-2.5.0-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
cb21f24eb0e34d1b4d9882976a577fae l/expat-2.5.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
bb90f8668aef64c82c24d3f57b15f6e4 l/expat-2.5.0-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg expat-2.5.0-i586-1_slack15.0.txz