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Linux suppliers tackle security holes

Publication:Computer WeeklyDate:Jun 24 2004

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Linux suppliers have begun releasing fixes for two critical security bugs in a networking component that could allow a denial-of-service attack or enable an attacker to take control of a system.

The problem is with the Internet Systems Consortium's Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 3 application, shipped with many Linux and Unix operating system distributions as a tool for transmitting configuration information across a network.




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