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TITLE:
Windows 2008 / Windows Services for UNIX gzip Libraries
Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34428

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34428/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Windows 2008, Windows
Vista, and Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX, which can potentially
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the
unlzh.c and unpack.c gzip libraries and can be exploited to execute
arbitrary code on an affected system. No further information is
currently available.

NOTE: The vulnerability affects Windows Server 2008-based computers
or computers that have Windows Services for UNIX and the Subsystem
for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) installed.

The following products are reportedly affected:
* Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.0 Standard Edition
* Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
* Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
* Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
* Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
* Windows Server 2008 Standard
* Windows Vista Enterprise
* Windows Vista Ultimate
* Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
* Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition

SOLUTION:
Contact the Microsoft Customer Support Services to obtain a hotfix.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953602

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