Monday, July 11, 2005

InformationWeek > Security > Linux Compression Format Flaw Found > July 8, 2005

InformationWeek > Security > Linux Compression Format Flaw Found > July 8, 2005: "A critical flaw in a compression format widely used in Linux and Unix can give hackers a way into machines, security experts say.

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Well that does its. Its time for everyone to switch back to Windoze. (fud satire)

A critical flaw in a compression format widely used in Linux and Unix can give hackers a way into machines, security experts said Friday. A patch for the zlib library isn't available, but several Linux and BSD distributors have rolled out fixes of their own."

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