Gentoo FoundationGLSA-202401-18zlib: Buffer Overflow
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.8%
Background
zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library.
Description
A vulnerability has been discovered in zlib. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Impact
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.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.13-r2"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | sys-libs/zlib | < 1.2.13-r2 | UNKNOWN |
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
46.8%