From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Sep 20 2006 - 07:02:05 CDT

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for gzip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22017

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22017/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat 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 vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA21996

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21996:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21996/

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