Slackware: 2023-10-25 Critical Patch for zlib Crash Problem Released
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July 22, 2005
New zlib packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix an additional crash issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to zlib-1.2.3. This fixes an additional crash not fixed by the patch to zlib-1.2.2. (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
Updated package for Slackware 10.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 10.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 10.0 package:
8bc8081612ebbce374720dea170416df zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
Slackware 10.1 package:
1d9da4d7abc262d115d0b23f2726e3dd zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
Slackware -current package:
a67c7da2fa81516e6072ddd6e83cdba2 zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg zlib-1.2.3-i486-1.tgz
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