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  • Flaw leaves Linux computers vulnerable

    03/11/2002 3:33:05 PM PST · by Bush2000 · 61 replies
    CNET News.com ^ | March 11, 2002, 2:10 PM PT | Robert Lemos
    update A flaw in a software-compression library used in all versions of Linux could leave the lion's share of systems based on the open-source operating system open to attack, said sources in the security community on Monday. Several other operating systems that use open-source components are vulnerable too varying degrees as well. The software bug--known as a double-free vulnerability--causes key memory-management functions in the zlib compression library to fail, a condition that could allow a smart attacker to compromise computers over the Internet, said Dave Wreski, director for open-source security company Guardian Digital. quot;It is just a matter of time...