[slackware-security] expat

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:

patches/packages/expat-2.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Prevent billion laughs attacks with isolated use of external parsers.
For more information, see:
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/1d50b80cf31de87750103656f6eb693746854aa8
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2024-28757
(* 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/expat-2.6.2-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-2.6.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.6.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.6.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 15.0 package:
41fe8eed9237ced1ce28e63f76f8f1be expat-2.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
297e29e85be05ef6be978fdcf44de90a expat-2.6.2-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
9c1021caaebd2c18a900f3554352e47e l/expat-2.6.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
92d7494ad4a18e39ef69aa5f549dd6e3 l/expat-2.6.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg expat-2.6.2-i586-1_slack15.0.txz