On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:36 +0200, "Jakub Zawadzki" <darkjames...@darkjames.pl> 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
