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SuSE: 'dhcp' Format string vulnerability

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A remote exploitable format string vulnerability was found in the logging routines of the dynamic DNS code of dhcpd. This vulnerability allows an attacker, usually within the LAN served by the DHCP server, to get remote root access to the host running dhcpd.

SuSE: 'libz/zlib' Data corruption, Part I

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An error in a decompression routine can corrupt the internal data structures of malloc by a double call to the free() function. If the data processed by the compression library is provided from an untrusted source, it may be possible for an attacker to interfere with the process using the zlib routines.