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Re: Zlib upgrade to v1.2.2
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite dot dk>
- Cc: ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:37:02 +0200
- Subject: Re: Zlib upgrade to v1.2.2
- References: <87slz21dj1.fsf@p4.48ers.dk>
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 09:34:26PM +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patch upgrades the zlib package to version 1.2.2.
>
> Version 1.2.2 fixes a potential security vulnerability. From the
> change log:
>
> # Eliminate a potential security vulnerability when decoding invalid
> compressed data
> # Fix bug when decompressing dynamic blocks with no distance codes
> # Do not return an error when using gzread() on an empty file
>
Thanks
Andrew