Medium: zlib

Issue Overview:

MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. (CVE-2023-45853)

Affected Packages:

zlib

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update zlib to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
src:  
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-45853

Mitre: CVE-2023-45853