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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. Oh the IRONY! by Sebastopol · · Score: 1, Troll

    Didn't the previous Slashdot story claim how "Everyone seems to know ... Linux is safer than Windows"???

    LOL at how biased some articles are!

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