zlib could be made to consume excessive CPU resources if it received specially crafted input.
zlib - Lossless data-compression library
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled negative length parameters in CRC32 combine functions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU consumption.
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled negative length parameters in CRC32 combine functions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU consumption.
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled negative length parameters in CRC32 combine functions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU consumption.
It was discovered that zlib incorrectly handled negative length parameters in CRC32 combine functions. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU consumption.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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