| Name | CVE-2016-9840 |
| Description | inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1725-1, DLA-2085-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 847270, 924509 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rsync (PTS) | bullseye | 3.2.3-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.2.7-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.3.0+ds1-2 | fixed |
| zlib (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:1.2.13.dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - zlib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/6a043145ca6e9c55184013841a67b2fef87e44c0
Report: https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/0/09/Zlib-report.pdf