Slackware 10.0: 2004-278-02 Critical Zlib DoS Fix Details
slackware
October 4, 2004
New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0 and -current to fix a possible denial of service security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/zlib-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to zlib-1.2.2. This fixes a possible DoS in earlier versions of zlib-1.2.x. (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.0 package:
dfa40fb5afb988488648fc4b7ef992f0 zlib-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
011d7257bb879a8159b65b0b06b58bd0 zlib-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg zlib-1.2.2-i486-1.tgz
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