Out-of-bounds Write Affecting zlib package, versions <1.2.12-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-ZLIB-2976176
  • published 6 Aug 2022
  • disclosed 5 Aug 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 zlib to version 1.2.12-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zlib package and not the zlib package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.

zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g., see the nodejs/node reference).

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

8.1 high
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Red Hat

7 high