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CVE-2016-9841

First published: Wed Dec 07 2016(Updated: )

An old inffast.c optimization turns out to not be optimal anymore with modern compilers, and furthermore was not compliant with the C standard, for which decrementing a pointer before its allocated memory is undefined. External References: <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf">https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10i1KZS5so8xDqH2rplRa2xet0tyTvvJlLbQQmZIUIKE/edit#heading=h.t13tvnx4loq7">https://docs.google.com/document/d/10i1KZS5so8xDqH2rplRa2xet0tyTvvJlLbQQmZIUIKE/edit#heading=h.t13tvnx4loq7</a> Upstream patch: <a href="https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/9aaec95e82117c1cb0f9624264c3618fc380cecb">https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/9aaec95e82117c1cb0f9624264c3618fc380cecb</a> CVE assignment: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/602">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/602</a>

Credit: CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9843 CVE-2016-9840 CVE-2016-9841 CVE-2016-9842 CVE-2016-9843 security@opentext.com meissner@suse.de

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Apple macOS High Sierra<10.13
10.13
Apple watchOS<4
4
Apple tvOS<11
11
Apple iOS<11
11
redhat/zlib<1.2.9
1.2.9
Zlib Zlib>=1.2.0<1.2.9
openSUSE Leap=42.1
openSUSE Leap=42.2
openSUSE openSUSE=13.2
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Oracle Database Server=18c
Oracle JDK=1.6.0-update161
Oracle JDK=1.7.0-update151
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update144
Oracle JRE=1.6.0-update161
Oracle JRE=1.7.0-update151
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update144
Oracle MySQL>=5.5.0<=5.5.61
Oracle MySQL>=5.6.0<=5.6.41
Oracle MySQL>=5.7.0<=5.7.23
Oracle MySQL>=8.0.0<=8.0.12
Redhat Satellite=5.8
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=7.4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus=7.5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Apple iPhone OS<11
Apple Mac OS X>=10.0.0<10.13.0
Apple tvOS<11.0
Apple watchOS<4
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows>=7.3
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere>=9.5
Netapp Cloud Backup
Netapp E-series Santricity Management Vmware Sra
Netapp E-series Santricity Management Vmware Vasa
Netapp E-series Santricity Management Vmware Vcenter
NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller>=11.0.0<=11.70.1
Netapp E-series Santricity Storage Manager
Netapp E-series Santricity Web Services Web Services Proxy
NetApp OnCommand Balance
NetApp OnCommand Insight
Netapp Oncommand Performance Manager Vmware Vsphere
Netapp Oncommand Shift
Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager Vsphere<=7.1
Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager Windows<=7.1
Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager 7-mode
NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation
Netapp Snapmanager Oracle
Netapp Snapmanager Sap
Netapp Solidfire
Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
Netapp Storage Replication Adapter For Clustered Data Ontap Vmware Vsphere
Netapp Symantec Netbackup
Netapp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap>=7.2
Netapp Virtual Storage Console Vmware Vsphere
Netapp Hci Storage Node
Nodejs Node.js>=4.0.0<=4.1.2
Nodejs Node.js>=4.2.0<4.8.2
Nodejs Node.js>=6.0.0<=6.8.1
Nodejs Node.js>=6.9.0<6.10.2
Nodejs Node.js>=7.0.0<7.6.0
debian/rsync
3.2.3-4+deb11u1
3.2.7-1
3.3.0+ds1-2
debian/zlib
1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
1:1.2.13.dfsg-1
1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/21

Remedy

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Remedy

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Remedy

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

Remedy

https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/9aaec95e82117c1cb0f9624264c3618fc380cecb

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