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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59383
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 5 FEDORA-2006-989 (gzip)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to gzip
announced via advisory FEDORA-2006-989.

The gzip package contains the popular GNU gzip data compression
program. Gzipped files have a .gz extension.

Gzip should be installed on your Red Hat Linux system, because it is a
very commonly used data compression program.


* Wed Sep 20 2006 Ivana Varekova 1.3.5-7.fc5
- fix bug 204676 (patches by Tavis Ormandy)
- cve-2006-4334 - null dereference problem
- cve-2006-4335 - buffer overflow problem
- cve-2006-4336 - buffer underflow problem
- cve-2006-4338 - infinite loop problem
- cve-2006-4337 - buffer overflow problem

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/


This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.


http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2006-989

Risk factor : High

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