From agent99@sgi.com Sat Nov 23 01:26:33 2002 From: SGI Security Coordinator To: agent99@sgi.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.announce, comp.security.unix, comp.sys.sgi.admin, comp.security.announce Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:39:25 -0800 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] zlib vulnerability in JAVA on IRIX -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ______________________________________________________________________________ SGI Security Advisory Title : zlib vulnerability in JAVA Number : 20021106-01-A Date : November 22, 2002 Reference: SUN Security Bulletin #220 ______________________________________________________________________________ - ----------------------- - --- Issue Specifics --- - ----------------------- SGI acknowledges the zlib vulnerability in JAVA reported by SUN Security Bulletin #220: http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=secbull/220 and is currently investigating. 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