Mandrake Linux, SuSE patch zlib

Jason Meserve (Network World)
10 September, 2004 10:21
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A data handling error in zlib's 'inflate' function could be exploited in a denial-of-service against the machine running the compression application. For more, go to:

Mandrake Linux:
http://www.nwfusion.com/go2/0906bug2a.html

SuSE:
http://www.suse.com/de/security/2004_29_zlib.html

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