ALAS2-2023-2320

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-45853  

MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. (CVE-2023-45853)

ALAS2-2023-2320


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2320
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-30 23:59 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-01 22:21 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. (CVE-2023-45853)


Affected Packages:

zlib


Issue Correction:
Run yum update zlib to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

i686:
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.i686

src:
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    zlib-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    zlib-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    zlib-static-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    minizip-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    minizip-devel-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    zlib-debuginfo-1.2.7-19.amzn2.0.3.x86_64