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USN-7107-1: zlib vulnerability

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USN-7107-1: zlib vulnerability

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USN-7107-1: zlib vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu

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It was discovered that Minizip in zlib incorrectly handled certain zip header fields. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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The more general vuln is CVE-2023-45853 apparently, in zlib through version 1.3

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-45853#status

is this general to any Linux distro using zlib or just Ubuntu?

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