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SSA-2006-262-01 gzip

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2006-262-01 gzip

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New gzip packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
and -current to fix possible security issues.

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

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0758
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0988
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1228
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4334
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4335
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4336
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4337
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4338

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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