Executive Summary

Summary
Title zlib: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-56 First vendor Publication 2017-01-23
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in zlib, the worst of which could allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

zlib is a widely used free and patent unencumbered data compression library.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in zlib. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-9840 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9840
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-9841 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9841
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-9842 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9842
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-9843 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9843

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-56

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-56.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1
Application 1
Application 161
Application 2
Application 1
Application 3
Application 19
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 18
Application 1
Application 1
Application 2
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 176
Application 1
Application 3
Application 3
Application 472
Application 1
Application 21
Hardware 1
Os 167
Os 136
Os 49
Os 11
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-16 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities
File : mariadb_10_0_37.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-55b875c1ac.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
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2018-12-07 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
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2018-12-07 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
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2018-12-07 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
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File : Slackware_SSA_2018-309-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-22 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
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2018-10-19 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
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2018-10-19 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mysql_5_5_62.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-19 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mysql_5_6_42.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-19 Name : The remote database server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : mysql_5_7_24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-12-15 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-3453.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-11-13 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-11-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1269.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-10-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2999.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-19 Name : The remote Unix host contains a programming platform that is affected by mult...
File : oracle_java_cpu_oct_2017_unix.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-19 Name : The remote Windows host contains a programming platform that is affected by m...
File : oracle_java_cpu_oct_2017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-03 Name : The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple security vulner...
File : macos_10_13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-13 Name : The version of Java SDK installed on the remote AIX host is affected by multi...
File : aix_java_apr2017_advisory.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-27 Name : An infrastructure management application running on the remote host is affect...
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2017-05-24 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-05-24 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-05-24 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
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2017-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
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File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-56.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-47.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-10 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-46.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0004-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0003-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-22 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3209-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1499.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-06-01 21:25:31
  • Multiple Updates
2017-05-31 00:25:09
  • Multiple Updates
2017-05-23 09:24:22
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-24 13:24:52
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-23 05:22:26
  • First insertion