Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for gzip. This fixes multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Debian update for gzip
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38223
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/38223/
DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for gzip. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's
system.
For more information:
SA38132
SA38220
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) --
Source:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1.dsc
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1.diff.gz
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_ia64.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.5-15+etch1_sparc.deb
-- Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) --
Source:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1.diff.gz
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12.orig.tar.gz
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip-win32_1.3.12-6+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_ia64.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.12-6+lenny1_sparc.deb
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-1974-1:
https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38132:
https://secunia.com/advisories/38132/
SA38220:
https://secunia.com/advisories/38220/
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