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Secunia Security Advisory 38312

Secunia Security Advisory 38312
Posted Feb 2, 2010
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora 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 user's system.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability
systems | linux, fedora
MD5 | 15874c73a76f2aa82ab481a1b56cc587

Secunia Security Advisory 38312

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TITLE:
Fedora update for gzip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38312

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38312/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora 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 user's
system.

For more information:
SA38132
SA38220

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update gzip").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-0884:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034492.html

FEDORA-2010-0964:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/034495.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38132:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38132/

SA38220:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38220/

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About:
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private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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