Technical Description

Ubuntu has released updated packages to address multiple vulnerabilities identified in Gzip. These flaws could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands via a malicious archive. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3695

Affected Products

Ubuntu 5.04
Ubuntu 5.10
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3703
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1

ChangeLog

2006-09-20 : Initial release

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