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From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
To: Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>,
	binutils@sourceware.org,
	"gdb@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>,
	gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [CVE] zlib (< 1.2.12) memory corruption
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 14:36:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3a271c96-047b-1cd3-54c9-e103421602d3@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aeecafc4-da37-240f-8f3e-ca2ca58f364f@arm.com>

Hi Luis,

> There is a CVE [1] for zlib < 1.2.12 (released march 27th).
> 
> GCC currently uses zlib 1.2.11, and binutils-gdb imports the zlib directory from GCC. The recommendation is to get it updated to 1.2.12, which contains the proper fix [2].

I am all for updating the binutils-gdb copy of zlib.  I will wait a couple of
days to see if anyone else has any comments or concerns, but if not, then I
will apply the patches myself.

Cheers
   Nick


  reply	other threads:[~2022-04-08 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-04-05 13:56 Luis Machado
2022-04-08 13:36 ` Nick Clifton [this message]
2022-04-12  7:30   ` Luis Machado
2022-04-12 15:27 ` Nick Clifton

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