A gzip (SSA:2022-104-02) security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: gzip (SSA:2022-104-02)

[slackware-security] gzip (SSA:2022-104-02)

New gzip packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
zgrep applied to a crafted file name with two or more newlines can no
longer overwrite an arbitrary, attacker-selected file.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1271
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/gzip-1.12-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
c86e70ea442a39ae8dee7a32f1230036 gzip-1.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
a0c9a1a894b407070934a0dc8389e834 gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
7ab3e32b9b1dcceee1b7a1bf86ca7de2 gzip-1.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
1cdfd20648011d475ca80ba611e37262 gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
1bf981ea0168886d730e4646c1594517 gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
81ded44f47b7b3b187037a6965821679 gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
a31fb06e50897a8943dcf8f116322171 gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
6f874a71090135b097bc5837ff826746 gzip-1.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
faa5371b6f9d755930b2cdc900772fa8 a/gzip-1.12-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
bb16131dafc5501c1e21387a0fafad37 a/gzip-1.12-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg gzip-1.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz