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cvs recompiled against updated zlib + /tmp fix
New cvs packages are available to fix security problems. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: ---------------------------- Mon Mar 11 17:54:12 PST 2002 patches/packages/cvs.tgz: Patched to link to the shared zlib on the system instead of statically linking to the included zlib...
Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Vulnerability in zlib library (powertools)
Update 20 Mar 2002: VNC packages updated to fix another denial of service vulnerability caused by the previous update. Thanks to Const Kaplinsky for discovering this issue. The zlib compression library provides in-memory compression and decompression functions. It is widely used throughout Linux...
zlib: Double free in inflateEnd
The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once a "double free", which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data...
rsync update fixes security problems
New rsync packages are available to fix security problems. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: ---------------------------- Mon Mar 11 15:09:26 PST 2002 patches/packages/rsync.tgz: Upgraded to rsync-2.5.3. This fixes two security problems: Make sure that supplementary groups...
zlib upgrade fixes vulnerability
New zlib packages are available to fix a security problem which may impact programs that link with zlib. Here's the information from the Slackware 8.0 ChangeLog: ---------------------------- Mon Mar 11 13:32:40 PST 2002 patches/packages/zlib.tgz: Upgraded to zlib-1.1.4. This fixes a security...
Double Free Bug in zlib Compression Library Corrupts malloc's Internal Data Structures
Overview There is a bug in the zlib compression library that may manifest itself as a vulnerability in programs that are linked with zlib. This may allow an attacker to conduct a denial-of-service attack, gather information, or execute arbitrary code. It is important to note that the CERT/CC has...
