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MDKSA-2004:090 - Updated zlib packages fix DoS vulnerability

From: Mandrake Linux Security Team (securitylinux-mandrake.com)
Date: Tue Sep 07 2004 - 20:42:53 CDT


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                 Mandrakelinux Security Update Advisory
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 Package name: zlib
 Advisory ID: MDKSA-2004:090
 Date: September 7th, 2004

 Affected versions: 10.0
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 Problem Description:

 Due to a Debian bug report, a Denial of Service vulnerability was
 discovered in the zlib compression library versions 1.2.x, in the
 inflate() and inflateBack() functions. Older versions of zlib are
 not affected.
 
 Once the updated packages have been installed, all programs linked
 against zlib must be restarted for the new packages to take effect.
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 References:

  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0797
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 Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrakelinux 10.0:
 a9299193c467df186f5ec74438b7f39e 10.0/RPMS/zlib1-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 77e1313ce85f26c83f6b994606dceb5a 10.0/RPMS/zlib1-devel-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.i586.rpm
 bfc9a9419f3c7daf4a226383d6be6ea6 10.0/SRPMS/zlib-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrakelinux 10.0/AMD64:
 954d58fcaa1576278f8c71de40361d72 amd64/10.0/RPMS/zlib1-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 976edb0aa85913b28ef38b7d5efd2fbd amd64/10.0/RPMS/zlib1-devel-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.amd64.rpm
 bfc9a9419f3c7daf4a226383d6be6ea6 amd64/10.0/SRPMS/zlib-1.2.1-2.1.100mdk.src.rpm
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 the GPG public key of the Mandrakelinux Security Team by executing:

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 You can view other update advisories for Mandrakelinux at:

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  security_linux-mandrake.com

 Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
 pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  <security linux-mandrake.com>
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