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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200609-13 (gzip)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo 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 updates announced in advisory GLSA 200609-13.

Insight

Insight

gzip is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and infinite loops, possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All gzip users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/gzip-1.3.5-r9' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200609-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=145511

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