Secunia Security Advisory - Mandriva has issued an update for bzip2. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Mandriva update for bzip2
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29475
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29475/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2007.0
http://secunia.com/product/12165/
DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for bzip2. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
For more information:
SA29410
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Mandriva Linux 2007 --
d7ec22e71581a3f3b8482d69a6310045
2007.0/i586/bzip2-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
6698bcb0d8e5e7c4af5d9577301a0d48
2007.0/i586/libbzip2_1-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
3558992b5f4f864d4d77d609c54455c6
2007.0/i586/libbzip2_1-devel-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
5f6aade9d8b336a05d676d17eb3d4d62
2007.0/SRPMS/bzip2-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
-- Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64 --
f8df805e9268ffe67cf1c2c212ef04d5
2007.0/x86_64/bzip2-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
58558f1cb97936b06b67c9c235c65517
2007.0/x86_64/lib64bzip2_1-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
009ba4b9c280c0d56e10f4e75f23bc94
2007.0/x86_64/lib64bzip2_1-devel-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
5f6aade9d8b336a05d676d17eb3d4d62
2007.0/SRPMS/bzip2-1.0.3-6.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:075
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA29410:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29410/
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