Secunia Security Advisory - SCO has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in zlib included with UnixWare. These can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or by malicious people to cause a DoS or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
UnixWare update for zlib
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16526
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16526/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
UnixWare 7.x.x
http://secunia.com/product/136/
DESCRIPTION:
SCO has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in zlib included with
UnixWare. These can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service), or by malicious people to cause a DoS or
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA11129
SA15949
SA16137
SOLUTION:
Apply updated package.
UnixWare 7.1.4:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.33/zlib-1.2.3.pkg
093c1604ab8a9becff0239927b4953ad
UnixWare 7.1.3:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.33/zlib-1.2.3.pkg
093c1604ab8a9becff0239927b4953ad
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.33/SCOSA-2005.33.txt
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11129:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11129/
SA15949:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/
SA16137:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137/
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