Open-source Flaw Threatens Microsoft
News The zlib library's double-free flaw shows that even well-tested software can still fall prey to some of the more esoteric security problems, he added. A security flaw in open-source software used by Linux and Unix systems for compression may affect...
[March 15, 2002, 8:57]
Security Flaw Hits Linux
News A flaw in a software-compression library used in all versions of Linux could leave the lion's share of systems based on the open-source operating system open to attack, said sources in the security community on Monday.
[March 12, 2002, 8:52]
WinZip Patches Security Flaw
News WinZip Computing warned last month of a security flaw in WinZip, its compression/decompression tool that runs on the Windows platform. Security firm Secunia has just rated the flaw as "highly critical", the fourth highest out of its five severity...
[September 6, 2004, 19:15]
Flaw Threatens Source Of Open Source
News It doesn't get much more critical than allowing an attacker to modify source code and secretly plant Trojans, backdoors, and other rogue code -- and those are the kind of activities that can result from this flaw.
[February 10, 2003, 12:52]
