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Slackware 15.0 lrzip Security Update Announcement SSA-2026-047-02

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Find out about the critical lrzip security fix for Slackware 15.0 addressing multiple potential issues with crafted archives.
New lrzip packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/lrzip-0.660-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Address multiple potential security issues with crafted or corrupt archives. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote exploit critical slackware lrzip archive issue

Where Find 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/lrzip-0.660-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/lrzip-0.660-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/lrzip-0.660-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/lrzip-0.660-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: 7b7195853cd42008bbd327cc88a07cfa lrzip-0.660-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 50fd7554d133d65497d024504718589f lrzip-0.660-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: c270926a910420338e7d75da75fda273 a/lrzip-0.660-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: e066a5ac143089cbccf361730706a5a9 a/lrzip-0.660-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote exploit critical slackware lrzip archive issue

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg lrzip-0.660-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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