[slackware-security] zlib

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:

patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing)
if the input has many distant matches. Thanks to marav.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-25032
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

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-1.2.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.0 package:
84d34ceac36074f4aefef1a4506eda84 zlib-1.2.12-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
c05bbd8322ef16e303d21bdc8ac872da zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
dd01b2ea39fd9b2aac90295b4660bf6d zlib-1.2.12-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
2a93485e325a3e77c664b499a652d101 zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
bf800bb336dbe9539977098ad0d9572d zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
0e6317f37d2277571f0fdea627a867ff zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware 15.0 package:
fd24bfd4f6bb0e539c64e3fd321afeef zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
790c2e7f6c28158d7d0edb3c4a5dd525 zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
bea1a8263ae03aea4acbe4b04921cfd8 l/zlib-1.2.12-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9ccfb193238e66b016fdcd4702285c05 l/zlib-1.2.12-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg zlib-1.2.12-i586-1_slack15.0.txz