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zlib package

Change logs for zlib source package in Xenial

  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Change log 
  • zlib (1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.3) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: improper pointer arithmetic might allow
    context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9840.patch: remove offset pointer optimization
      in inftrees.c
    - CVE-2016-9840
  * SECURITY UPDATE: improper pointer arithmetic might allow
    context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9841.patch: use post-increment only in inffast.c
    - CVE-2016-9841
  * SECURITY UPDATE: vectors involving left shifts of negative integers might
    allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9842_1.patch: avoid shifts of negative values in
      inflateMark()
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9842_2.patch: avoid casting an out-of-range
      value to long
    - CVE-2016-9842
  * SECURITY UPDATE: vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation might allow
    context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-9843.patch: avoid pre-decrement of pointer in
      big-endian CRC calculation
    - CVE-2016-9843

 -- Avital Ostromich <email address hidden>  Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:06:35 -0500
  • zlib (1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4.1) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * SRU
  * Move zconf.h back to /usr/include (not differing across architectures)
    anymore. Closes: #787956. LP: #1512992.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden>  Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:31:53 +0100
  • zlib (1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4) wily; urgency=medium

  * Call dh_makeshlibs for the 64bit multilib package.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden>  Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:47:16 +0200