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Gentoo update for gzip
Secunia Advisory: SA11939
Release Date: 2004-06-25
Popularity: 6,997 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for gzip. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA8990

NOTE: This is an update to a prior fix, which introduced an error.

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