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Sun Solaris update for gzip Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23679  
Release Date: 2007-01-09

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:Sun Solaris 10
Sun Solaris 8
Sun Solaris 9


CVE reference:CVE-2006-4334 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4335 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4336 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4337 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4338 (Secunia mirror)



Description:
Sun 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 vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA21996

Solution:
Do not unpack untrusted archive files.

The vendor has issued T-Patches.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches

Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1

Other References:
SA21996:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21996



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