Gentoo: GLSA-200507-05 Critical: zlib Buffer Overflow Threat

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: zlib: Buffer overflow Date: July 06, 2005 Bugs: #98121 ID: 200507-05

Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow has been discovered in zlib, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-libs/zlib < 1.2.2-r1 >= 1.2.2-r1
========== Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a buffer overflow in zlib. A bounds checking operation failed to take invalid data into account, allowing a spe...