The mingw-bzip2 package has been updated to version 1.0.3-1.
mingw-bzip2 provides the static library, DLL import library, and header
files for building non-cygwin applications (like setup.exe) which need
access to bzip2 compression algorithms. mingw-libbz2_1 provides the
corresponding DLL.
These libraries are built using the standard windows runtime library and
NOT cygwin; it is used by setup.exe among other tools. No executables
(like bzip2.exe) are provided by these packages. Use the cygwin
versions instead, or go to the bzip2 homepage at http://www.bzip2.org/
for native windows executables.
CHANGES:
Routine update to upstream version 1.0.3
Addresses security issue CAN-2005-1260 "bzip2 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2
file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb")."
Addresses security issue CAN-2005-0953 "Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2
and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files
via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose
permissions are changed by bzip2 after the decompression is complete."
--
Chuck
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your
system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions.
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