The inflateMark function in inflate.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving left shifts of negative integers.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-9842 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:2999 | 2017-10-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1221 | 2017-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1220 | 2017-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1222 | 2017-05-10 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:3046 | 2017-10-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1220 | 2017-05-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1221 | 2017-05-10 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:3046 | 2017-10-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:3047 | 2017-10-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:2999 | 2017-10-23 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:3047 | 2017-10-24 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:3453 | 2017-12-13 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | zlib | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | zlib | Not affected |
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