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From: Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To: slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject: [slackware-security] infozip (SSA:2026-093-01)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 16:56:01 -0700 (PDT)
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[slackware-security]  infozip (SSA:2026-093-01)

New infozip packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/infozip-6.0-i586-8_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  This update fixes security issues:
  Improper handling of Unicode strings can lead to a null pointer dereference.
  The conversion of a wide string to a local string leads to an of out-of-bounds
  write.
  Thanks to pbslxw for the heads-up.
  For more information, see:
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4217
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0529
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0530
  (* 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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/infozip-6.0-i586-8_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/infozip-6.0-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/a/infozip-6.0-i686-8.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/a/infozip-6.0-x86_64-8.txz


MD5 signatures:
+-------------+

Slackware 15.0 package:
4cafad94e2466073f4a075a104edf0be  infozip-6.0-i586-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
63a6304f58b5e3117f904feb666dca43  infozip-6.0-x86_64-8_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
ed1f4bef97c67dc7cb64bc2e7e277a43  a/infozip-6.0-i686-8.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
94f115066f8a09ef5fbda6b5a8673597  a/infozip-6.0-x86_64-8.txz


Installation instructions:
+------------------------+

Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg infozip-6.0-i586-8_slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
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security@slackware.com

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