From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 265FF3858D28 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2022 13:36:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 265FF3858D28 Received: from mail-wr1-f70.google.com (mail-wr1-f70.google.com [209.85.221.70]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-607-sCaNONqdONG7pY1qvO2byg-1; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:36:55 -0400 X-MC-Unique: sCaNONqdONG7pY1qvO2byg-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f70.google.com with SMTP id r16-20020adfbb10000000b002060d469943so2195081wrg.4 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:36:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=sdsW22UfxjJvXfvdv3Ean+BqNXSmJOavsjoIlvNm5Mg=; b=g6XaVGAtdZqZ4o7Mrpg7mbd9eACXSACVnsdnWimT8g0t9m9rHQsDlEMW8TdEOU6WXJ hHNmLfRKK2AYTECYUUU+jHSzS0IKxHg/tFlY1w3v7rn4SAE85vrDxhjpxIBF3VdMdw+W QPga3BA/M9idMviP8Ihia7MfrDcJ4e/qjyMxngaoaBJnzSUA1r9M3M64m5s4x/x9qLNF RavKJQ/dTjfnyXNrx3Ru0yda9JHgevvETnEHvjmqasPJi5V9ZwuJKE/pq7vx/j0bQyRN KZ5AsRDT+ZGV1MUc83mdF2Ua9W0lSNlqJbHDbyFJ4o6/Vn4zARLo/yiovcaF68CTTxiG uZuA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530ct1WQx3IREspy7UgEI0RQY2ilrzhoMVukQKhXcHAcr5cfBZ4t MLQl2SzH9MPZhtJ4LINFLnaCe0mCHYNBMBvI5V+nlIc5iCZN//6daHbJ1UUvds4vs/n2WLKjRLB l0HKn+BPkjXI= X-Received: by 2002:adf:9581:0:b0:1ed:c341:4ed1 with SMTP id p1-20020adf9581000000b001edc3414ed1mr14318434wrp.299.1649425013785; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwOEmI9W9QGQZKc370umh/uGLw66m9R8874TXVGcVEq0ge68DAQ92xzNfpDFoKCKKPMfkZ5MA== X-Received: by 2002:adf:9581:0:b0:1ed:c341:4ed1 with SMTP id p1-20020adf9581000000b001edc3414ed1mr14318418wrp.299.1649425013527; Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (adsl-2-solo-173-39.claranet.co.uk. [80.168.173.39]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v8-20020a5d6788000000b002060f55843csm13459227wru.19.2022.04.08.06.36.52 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 08 Apr 2022 06:36:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3a271c96-047b-1cd3-54c9-e103421602d3@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 14:36:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.7.0 Subject: Re: [CVE] zlib (< 1.2.12) memory corruption To: Luis Machado , binutils@sourceware.org, "gdb@sourceware.org" , gcc@gcc.gnu.org References: From: Nick Clifton In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:37:00 -0000 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