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Alma Linux: CVE-2018-25032: Important: mingw-zlib security update (ALSA-2022-8420)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2018-25032: Important: mingw-zlib security update (ALSA-2022-8420)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/25/2022
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
04/25/2024

Description

zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-mingw32-zlib
  • alma-upgrade-mingw32-zlib-static
  • alma-upgrade-mingw64-zlib
  • alma-upgrade-mingw64-zlib-static

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