Libxml2 2.13.6 released

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https://download.gnome.org/sources/libxml2/2.13/libxml2-2.13.6.tar.xz
sha256sum: f453480307524968f7a04ec65e64f2a83a825973bcd260a2e7691be82ae70c96

Security

  • [CVE-2025-24928] Fix stack-buffer-overflow in xmlSnprintfElements
  • [CVE-2024-56171] Fix use-after-free after xmlSchemaItemListAdd
  • pattern: Fix compilation of explicit child axis

Regressions

  • xmllint: Support compressed input from stdin
  • uri: Fix handling of Windows drive letters
  • reader: Fix return value of xmlTextReaderReadString again
  • SAX2: Fix xmlSAX2ResolveEntity if systemId is NULL

Portability

  • dict: Handle ENOSYS from getentropy gracefully
  • Fix compilation with uclibc (Dario Binacchi)
  • python: Declare init func with PyMODINIT_FUNC
  • tests: Fix sanitizer version check on old Apple clang
  • cmake: Work around broken sys/random.h in old macOS SDKs

Build

  • autotools: Set AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
  • cmake: Always build Python module as shared library
  • cmake: add missing Bcrypt link on Windows (Saleem Abdulrasool)
  • cmake: Fix compatibility in package version file
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