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Red Hat update for bzip2
Secunia Advisory: SA15729
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Release Date: 2005-06-17
Popularity: 8,311 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for bzip2. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA15447

This also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions and an input validation error in the bzgrep utility.

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