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SSA-2004-125-01 lha update in bin package

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-125-01 lha update in bin package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New bin- packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to
fix buffer overflows and directory traversal vulnerabilities in the 'lha'
archive utility. Sites using 'lha' should upgrade to the new bin package
right away.

More details about these issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0234
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0235

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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