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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2022-2214-01 Critical zlib Flaw

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
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An update for zlib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.
Security Fix(es):
* zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux important zlib compression flaw

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-25032 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS):
Source: zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-1.2.3-31.el6_10.x86_64.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.x86_64.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS):
i386: minizip-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm minizip-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm zlib-static-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm
s390x: minizip-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm minizip-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm minizip-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm minizip-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390.rpm zlib-debuginfo-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm zlib-static-1.2.3-31.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: minizip-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm minizip-1.2.3-31.el6_10.x86_64.rpm minizip-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.i686.rpm minizip-devel-1.2.3-31.el6_10.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:2214-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:2214
Issue date: 2022-05-11

Topic

An update for zlib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ExtendedLifecycle Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux important zlib compression flaw

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) - i386, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2067945 - CVE-2018-25032 zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs

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