Extrait du change log de la slack 8 : Mon Mar 11 13:32:40 PST 2002
patches/packages/zlib.tgz: Upgraded to zlib-1.1.4. This fixes a security
problem which may introduce vulnerabilities into any program that links with
zlib. Quoting the advisory on zlib.org:
"Depending upon how and where the zlib routines are called from the given
program, the resulting vulnerability may have one or more of the following
impacts: denial of service, information leakage, or execution of arbitrary
code."
Sites are urged to upgrade the zlib package immediately.
# from slack world
Posté par Sebastien . En réponse à la dépêche Buffer overflow via zlib. Évalué à 10.
Mon Mar 11 13:32:40 PST 2002
patches/packages/zlib.tgz: Upgraded to zlib-1.1.4. This fixes a security
problem which may introduce vulnerabilities into any program that links with
zlib. Quoting the advisory on zlib.org:
"Depending upon how and where the zlib routines are called from the given
program, the resulting vulnerability may have one or more of the following
impacts: denial of service, information leakage, or execution of arbitrary
code."
Sites are urged to upgrade the zlib package immediately.
The complete advisory may be found here:
http://www.zlib.org/advisory-2002年03月11日.txt(...)
Le package de la zlib à jour est ici :
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/patches/packag(...)