Conectiva Local Security Checks : Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2005:996 (gzip)

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Test ID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55084

Category: Conectiva Local Security Checks

Title: Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2005:996 (gzip)

Summary: NOSUMMARY

Description: Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory CLSA-2005:996.

This announcement fixes a security vulnerability found
by Gentoo's QA team, where an input data stream could
crash gzip.

Solution:
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades
by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade'

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000996
http://www.gzip.org/
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584

Risk factor : High

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Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55084
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2005:996 (gzip)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLSA-2005:996. This announcement fixes a security vulnerability found by Gentoo's QA team, where an input data stream could crash gzip. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000996 http://www.gzip.org/ http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 Risk factor : High
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com