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Debian Security Advisory DSA 763-1 (zlib)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to zlib announced via advisory DSA 763-1.

Insight

Insight

Markus Oberhumer discovered a flaw in the way zlib, a library used for file compression and decompression, handles invalid input. This flaw can cause programs which use zlib to crash when opening an invalid file. This problem does not affect the old stable distribution (woody). For the current stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2-4.sarge.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your zlib package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20763-1

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