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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. Selective, are we? by Renraku · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    2002-1-23 21:23:51 zLib Buffer Overflows(articles,news) (rejected)

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