OESA-2023-1433 (CVE-2016-9840)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2023-07-17 11:05 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:05 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
syslinux security update
Details

Security Fix(es):

inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.(CVE-2016-9840)

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.(CVE-2016-9842)

CVE-2016-9840:inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic. CVE-2016-9841:inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic. CVE-2016-9842: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. CVE-2016-9843:The crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation.(CVE-2016-9843)


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          "syslinux-devel-6.04-12.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-perl-6.04-12.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-efi64-6.04-12.oe1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-6.04-12.oe1.x86_64.rpm"
        ]
      },
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      },
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          "syslinux-nonlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.noarch.rpm",
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          "syslinux-tftpboot-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"
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          "syslinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.src.rpm"
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          "syslinux-6.04-14.oe2203.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-debuginfo-6.04-14.oe2203.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-devel-6.04-14.oe2203.x86_64.rpm",
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          "syslinux-efi64-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
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      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
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          "syslinux-nonlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.noarch.rpm",
          "syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.noarch.rpm"
        ],
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          "syslinux-extlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-debuginfo-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-efi64-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-perl-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp1.x86_64.rpm",
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      },
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            }
          ],
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      ]
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          "syslinux-extlinux-nonlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm",
          "syslinux-nonlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm",
          "syslinux-tftpboot-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.noarch.rpm"
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          "syslinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-perl-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-devel-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-extlinux-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-debugsource-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm",
          "syslinux-debuginfo-6.04-14.oe2203sp2.x86_64.rpm"
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        "name": "syslinux",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/syslinux\u0026distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP2"
      },
      "ranges": [
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              "introduced": "0"
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "\r\n\r\nSecurity Fix(es):\r\n\r\ninftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.(CVE-2016-9840)\r\n\r\nThe 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.(CVE-2016-9842)\r\n\r\nCVE-2016-9840:inftrees.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.  CVE-2016-9841:inffast.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging improper pointer arithmetic.  CVE-2016-9842: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.  CVE-2016-9843:The crc32_big function in crc32.c in zlib 1.2.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving big-endian CRC calculation.(CVE-2016-9843)",
  "id": "OESA-2023-1433",
  "modified": "2026-08-06T11:05:53Z",
  "published": "2023-07-17T11:05:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1433"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9840"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9842"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9843"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "syslinux security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-9840",
    "CVE-2016-9842",
    "CVE-2016-9843"
  ]
}



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