Slackware: 2022-288-01 Critical: zlib Buffer Overflow Threat
slackware
October 15, 2022
New zlib packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current to fix a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a bug when getting a gzip header extra field with inflateGetHeader(). For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-37434 (* Security fix *)
Where Find New Packages
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64...
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
352fee70da9d47816f4584238bf207de zlib-1.2.13-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
098d99bdb33096f7005b119c792c29de zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
dee08dfd874169154d64ccc099838f22 zlib-1.2.13-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
950174872d765bb9634203f921b32b7e zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
aaeecfd15406cf633b34f032bd36db0e zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
b4fb7bece81d4a32a33f29df3f00981a zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware 15.0 package:
4b20361b0bcbd64c78ad04f6f53c5011 zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
f1d7d5c40af213b9f7662e67c8f82a6f zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
5420a459a52efdbf0b2dca1cb167237b l/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
65c257c2e39295b357c9cc5f72c8221e l/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1.txz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
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