A xz (SSA:2022-104-03) security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: xz (SSA:2022-104-03)

[slackware-security] xz (SSA:2022-104-03)

New xz 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/xz-5.2.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz: Rebuilt.
This update fixes a security issue:
xzgrep 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/xz-5.2.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/xz-5.2.5-i586-4.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-4.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
4835722bc7066487363c2b8dda562105 xz-5.2.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
2ca6548bd35db4f5b5eaefe90c6070e2 xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
35cd2b7b3f0bf24a81abd05a80e8c344 xz-5.2.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
06043e25eaa9f4f8d336afa0023ee232 xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
044d7f03cf85a715d799e8958ddc68c3 xz-5.2.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
4e7967ca1fe883c106def6f645b01277 xz-5.2.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
958add191fc9193317814c57fe5e397f xz-5.2.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
af5cd05a54de11889a90f5309d65af7a xz-5.2.5-x86_64-4_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a105af7063968ce0c4373359247b05a1 a/xz-5.2.5-i586-4.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
7b9a9cbec402562daf8411eecc886498 a/xz-5.2.5-x86_64-4.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg xz-5.2.5-i586-4_slack15.0.txz