Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for gzip. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for gzip
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38312
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38312/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for gzip. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA38132
SA38220
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update gzip").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-0884:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034492.html
FEDORA-2010-0964:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034495.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38132:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38132/
SA38220:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38220/
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