SUSE-SU-2017:0003-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:0003-1

    Published: 2 Jan 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for zlib

    Details: This update for zlib fixes the following issues: CVE-2016-9843: Big-endian out-of-bounds pointer CVE-2016-9842: Undefined Left Shift of Negative Number (bsc#1003580) CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841: Out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c (bsc#1003579) Incompatible declarations for external linkage function deflate (bsc#1003577)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20170003-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003577, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003579, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003580, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013882, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9840, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9841, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9842, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9843

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zlib

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/zlib&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.8-11.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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