Numeric Errors Affecting zlib package, versions <1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.38% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-ZLIB-284686
- published 23 May 2017
- disclosed 23 May 2017
Introduced: 23 May 2017
CVE-2016-9843 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
zlib
to version 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3 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 Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
The crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation.
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