Fedora update for zlib
Secunia Advisory: SA15923
Release Date: 2005-07-07
Last Update: 2005-08-22
Popularity: 5,661 views

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

OS:Fedora Core 3
Fedora Core 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2096


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for zlib. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct a DoS (Denial of Service) against a vulnerable application, or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

For more information:
SA15949

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 3:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/3/

27fcb1f8e64f86edcd73ae08cdafc79e SRPMS/zlib-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.src.rpm
74f4fa21de7d75b48214a062bd6823e3 x86_64/zlib-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm
c1db600923d817c119313c21e0e33a59 x86_64/zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm
25393b3d8ebdb15e825197b469378bbb x86_64/debug/zlib-debuginfo-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.x86_64.rpm
3d51b60b0b84a8afef3ad03c9654bcb0 x86_64/zlib-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.i386.rpm
4b331b59b6cfdc16e775ff6acb2a4473 x86_64/zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.i386.rpm
3d51b60b0b84a8afef3ad03c9654bcb0 i386/zlib-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.i386.rpm
4b331b59b6cfdc16e775ff6acb2a4473 386/zlib-devel-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.i386.rpm
5eb81b17db0ffe9387c7f7c378860ebe i386/debug/zlib-debuginfo-1.2.1.2-2.fc3.i386.rpm

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

a489413c4b7a326b78ac6b7b053b0f91 SRPMS/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.src.rpm
69498f31d20ea1a6dd46cfe0629e9ac1 ppc/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.ppc.rpm
8267229b373a61ea018604e93fd42945 ppc/zlib-devel-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.ppc.rpm
5f57401485df6f61b2186826988a1504 ppc/debug/zlib-debuginfo-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.ppc.rpm
680686dc5beb2c82b75612b1b9b575a5 ppc/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.ppc64.rpm
99f0a49bb395993c7a8986f49614ef94 ppc/zlib-devel-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.ppc64.rpm
9c7ab779afa76eed8aa28d0042cd0d66 x86_64/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.x86_64.rpm
a6877809fd989cb1314851323f0d6a27 x86_64/zlib-devel-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.x86_64.rpm
ec72e12f98ea23c83ab3ef41773904e0 x86_64/debug/zlib-debuginfo-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.x86_64.rpm
b4455d2b784b137ecd32e4d55858e618 x86_64/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.i386.rpm
8c1403783b6534aa68a8c8b029627dad x86_64/zlib-devel-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.i386.rpm
b4455d2b784b137ecd32e4d55858e618 i386/zlib-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.i386.rpm
8c1403783b6534aa68a8c8b029627dad i386/zlib-devel-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.i386.rpm
69f85961e1210dd9f7cd504376e3fb63 i386/debug/zlib-debuginfo-1.2.2.2-4.fc4.i386.rpm

Changelog:
2005-08-22: Updated advisory.

Other References:
SA15949:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/


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