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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9842

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shif...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-6"}]}]

Debian:13 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-6"}]}]

Debian:14 rsync

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.3-6"}]}]

Debian:12 zlib

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.2.8.dfsg-3"}]}]

Debian:13 zlib

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.2.8.dfsg-3"}]}]

Debian:14 zlib

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.2.8.dfsg-3"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org