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TITLE:
Red Hat update for gzip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15682

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15682/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1327/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for gzip. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to extract
files to arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15047

This also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions and an
input validation error in the zgrep utility.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15047:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047/

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