From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16lbSj-0001mL-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:04:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2EK4K703450 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:04:20 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:04:20 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.grg.afb.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: zlib vulnerability In-Reply-To: <008a01c1cb90$d6e75ae0$01213e18@OEMCOMPUTER> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: No, not just X. It has to do with compressing and uncompressing files. But, you can probably be trusted not to harm your own machine intentionally! So, it seems the vulnerability applies to web pages--and then only under certain circumstances. I provided the url in my last message. If you have Pine or Mutt going, you should be able to just press enter while on that line to go read about this at CERT. On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Janina. Doesn't the xlib library only pertain to X? Because if this is the case, it doesn't pertain to us console users? Or do we still use that library? I don't think that this is the case, but correct me if I am wrong on this. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janina Sajka > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:50 PM > Subject: zlib vulnerability > > > > This is an fyi to my colleagues here: > > > > The cert page at http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819 > > > > > > describes a vulnerability with the compression/decompression zlib. > > Probably only affects thos of us running web services, but still ... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org