On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:36 +0200, "Jakub Zawadzki"
<darkjames-ws@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Btw. from zlib page:
> Version 1.2.3 (July 2005) eliminates potential security vulnerabilities
> in zlib 1.2.1 and 1.2.2, so all users of those versions should
> ***upgrade immediately***
>
> So maybe it's good (read: safer for user) if wireshark fails to build
> with zlib support? :-)
Red Hat backports security fixes. The zlib security issues were fixed
in
zlib-1.2.1.2-1.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on July 21, 2005.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-584.html provides more details.
Marc Milgram
Sr. Software Maintenance Engineer
Red Hat
Westford, MA
