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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

FreeBSD Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc

Insight

Insight

zlib is a compression library used by numerous applications to provide data compression/decompression routines. An error in the handling of corrupt compressed data streams can result in a buffer being overflowed.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)