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Fedora Core 4 2005-626: zlib

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the zlib package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-626 (zlib).

Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression
library which is used by many different programs.

* Fri Jul 22 2005 Ivana Varekova 1.2.2.2-5.fc4
- fix bug 163038 - CVE-2005-1849 - zlib buffer overflow

Solution : http://fedoranews.org//mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Update:_zlib-1.2.2.2-5.fc4
Network Security Threat Level: High

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