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FreeBSD: VID-085399AB-DFD7-11EA-96E4-80EE73BC7B66 (CVE-2016-9840): net/rsync -- multiple zlib issues

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FreeBSD: VID-085399AB-DFD7-11EA-96E4-80EE73BC7B66 (CVE-2016-9840): net/rsync -- multiple zlib issues

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2016
Created
08/19/2020
Added
08/17/2020
Modified
08/17/2020

Description

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-rsync

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