A zlib (SSA:2022-288-01) security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.

slackware-security: zlib (SSA:2022-288-01)

[slackware-security] zlib (SSA:2022-288-01)

New zlib 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/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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37434
(* 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/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 14.2:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/zlib-1.2.13-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/zlib-1.2.13-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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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

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg zlib-1.2.13-i586-1_slack15.0.txz