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RHSA-2003:081: zlib security update

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RHSA-2003:081: zlib security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/07/2003
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/28/2005
Modified
07/12/2017

Description

Updated zlib packages that fix a buffer overflow vulnerability are now available.

Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs. The function gzprintf within zlib, when called with a string longer than Z_PRINTF_BUFZISE (= 4096 bytes), can overflow without giving a warning. zlib-1.1.4 and earlier exhibit this behavior. There are no known exploits of the gzprintf overrun, and only a few programs, including rpm2html and gimp-print, are known to use the gzprintf function. The problem has been fixed by checking the length of the output string within gzprintf.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-zlib
  • redhat-upgrade-zlib-devel

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