On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 10:18:08AM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> >Alex, you would lose that bet, zlib 1.2.2 has a hole in it, it
> >should have been replaced with 1.2.3  See the zlib website
> >for more info.
> >
> >Nospam, good catch, if none of the hip-shooters here file a PR I'll
> >get around to it the next time I get a running build off the
> >cvs.
> > 
> >
> Sorry, I remain unconvinced.  Follow the bug links on the zlib home page 
> and both contain "References" like this:
> 
> >
> >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc
> >https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-569.html
> >http://secunia.com/advisories/15949/
> 
> So unless the fixes somehow were un-made for 6.1, zlib is not 
> vulnerable, regardless of whether the version number is 1.2.2 or 1.2.3.

Yes, Ted is wrong.

Kris

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