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Mageia: 2023-0312 Critical Update - Zlib Heap Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey November 9, 2023
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The recent update to Mageia's zlib has successfully addressed an integer overflow issue that was leading to a serious heap overflow vulnerability. Learn more here.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a lo...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
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. (CVE-2023-45853)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32426

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/20/9

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45853

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical update heap overflow zlib Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/zlib-1.2.12-1.4.mga8

- 9/core/zlib-1.2.13-1.1.mga9

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Publication date: 09 Nov 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0312.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-45853

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical update heap overflow zlib Mageia

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