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Red Hat update for zlib
Secunia Advisory: SA15972
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Release Date: 2005-07-07
Last Update: 2005-08-22
Popularity: 5,812 views

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

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
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CVE reference:CVE-2005-2096
Description:
Red Hat 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:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Changelog:
2005-08-22: Updated advisory.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-569.html

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

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