[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mingw-zlib-1.2.2-2

Charles Wilson cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm
Sat Jul 9 05:22:00 GMT 2005


The mingw-zlib package has been updated to version 1.2.2-2. zlib is a
standard lossless compression library; mingw-zlib is a version built 
using the standard windows runtime library and NOT cygwin; it is used by 
setup.exe among other tools.

This is a security bugfix release.

CHANGES:

Includes patch for security issue can-2005-2096 "Buffer overflow in zlib 
1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of 
service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream,"

-- 
Charles Wilson
mingw-zlib 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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