Linux kernel, Netscape affected by major zlib security vulnerability

New security problem uncovered

[cyril kearney]

Here is the url explaining it.
[newsforge.com...]

[littleman]

The latest version of zlib (1.1.4) has the fix for applications that are dynamically linked. You could get it here [gzip.org]. I'll post when I come across some rpms with the fix.

[littleman]

Looks like Microsoft is also using zlib in some of there applications. Zlib is licensed under the BSD so they are within their legal rights to use the code.

The folks who maintain this code are doing a superb job at addressing this vulnerable. Check out:
[gzip.org...]

You'll find a list of programs that use zlib, and they wrote some scripts that will help you find the statically linked binaries.

So far there is just a source rpm available at rpmfind [rpmfind.net], I'm sure the binaries will be out soon.

[littleman]

Mandrake has a list of recompiled rpms with the security updates here [linux-mandrake.com]