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Updated: bzip2-1.0.3-1, libbz2_1-1.0.3-1
- From: Charles Wilson <cygwin at cwilson dot fastmail dot fm>
- To: cygwin-announce at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 01:24:54 -0400
- Subject: Updated: bzip2-1.0.3-1, libbz2_1-1.0.3-1
- Reply-to: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
bzip2 provides the bzip2.exe / bunzip2.exe executables, a
patent-unencumbered but highly effective compression tool.
CHANGES:
Routine update to upstream version 1.0.3
Addresses security issue CAN-2005-1260 "bzip2 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2
file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb")."
Addresses security issue CAN-2005-0953 "Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2
and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files
via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose
permissions are changed by bzip2 after the decompression is complete."
--
Charles Wilson
bzip2 volunteer maintainer for cygwin
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your
system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions.
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