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TITLE:
Mandriva update for gzip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22043

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22043/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Mandriva Linux 2006
http://secunia.com/product/9020/

DESCRIPTION:
Mandriva has issued an update for gzip. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA21996

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2006

6da645cd7adea1af99a3fcd11e5a3fbc 
2006.0/i586/gzip-1.2.4a-15.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm 
d4acb45be5d2683759578a37d1b8435f 
2006.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-15.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006/X86_64

732d50ab4b4d7e18751f8a24026182d2 
2006.0/x86_64/gzip-1.2.4a-15.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm 
d4acb45be5d2683759578a37d1b8435f 
2006.0/SRPMS/gzip-1.2.4a-15.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21996:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21996/

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