great..sorry for the noise i should have STA of the list..:)
Beau Henderson wrote:
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-July/thread.html
On 7/7/05, William Warren hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com wrote:
Has Centos been tested for this yet?
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200507-05 ] zlib: Buffer overflow Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:23:20 +0200 From: Thierry Carrez koon@gentoo.org Organization: Gentoo Linux To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org CC: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-05
Severity: High Title: zlib: Buffer overflow Date: July 06, 2005 Bugs: #98121 ID: 200507-05
Synopsis
A buffer overflow has been discovered in zlib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library.
Affected packages
Package / Vulnerable /Unaffected
1 sys-libs/zlib < 1.2.2-r1 >= 1.2.2-r1
Description
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a buffer overflow in zlib. A bounds checking operation failed to take invalid data into account, allowing a specifically malformed deflate data stream to overrun a buffer.
Impact
An attacker could construct a malformed data stream, embedding it within network communication or an application file format, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code when decoded by the application using the zlib library.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.2-r1"References
[ 1 ] CAN-2005-2096
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2096
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-05.xml
Concerns?
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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