zlib: Buffer Overflow

zlib: Buffer Overflow A vulnerability has been found in zlib that can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow. zlib 2024-01-15 2024-01-15 916484 remote 1.2.13-r2 1.2.13-r2

zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library.

A vulnerability has been discovered in zlib. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.13-r2"

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