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SSA-2004-124-02 sysklogd update

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-124-02 sysklogd update

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New sysklogd packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current
to fix a security issue where a user could cause syslogd to crash. Thanks to
Steve Grubb who researched the issue.

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

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