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TITLE:
FreeBSD update for zlib

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16243

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16243/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
FreeBSD 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/1132/

DESCRIPTION:
FreeBSD has issued an update for zlib. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) against a vulnerable application.

For more information:
SA16137

SOLUTION:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2005-07-27 08:41:44 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.0-BETA2)
2005-07-27 08:41:56 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2005-07-27 08:42:16 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p6)
2005-07-27 08:42:38 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p20)

Patch for FreeBSD 5.x:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:18/zlib.patch
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-05:18/zlib.patch.asc

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib.asc

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16137:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137/

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