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Bug in zlib Affects Many Linux Programs

Posted by michael on from the sauce-for-the-gander dept.

SirTimbly writes: "CNET is reporting that there is a buffer overflow problem with zlib in linux, which is used for network compression. Supposedly, someone could remotely cause a buffer overflow through mozilla, X11 and many other programs." The advisory from Red Hat is available.

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  1. Meanwhile back at Microsoft by WillSeattle · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    There are no bugs with XP.
    Or with Win 2000.
    Or with WinCE.

    Really.

    Ignore the crashes - it's just your imagination.

    Ask yourself - would you rather know about a bug? Or have someone knowledgeable deny it exists? Even when you have a CD with the bug fix installed on another computer.

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  2. That's better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But, still, the safest implementation should always be the default. That's a basic tenet of any computer security study. Linux has already ripped off BSD's VM and TCP/IP stacks; it may as well rip off their superior malloc() implementation as well.

  3. Re:Oh the IRONY! by WildBeast · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No, the previous story claimed that "Everyone seems to know... UNIX is safer than Windows". But then again, Linux is more popular than UNIX, so more bugs get discovered

  4. Why is it.... by MikeDataLink · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That when Linux has a bug, its "supposedly" but when MS has a bug its "absolutely".

    Just an observation....

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