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Google: sys-libs/zlib: security update to 17162.463.8

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 454688

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c via a
 large gzip header extra field. NOTE: only applications that call inflateGetHeader are affected. Some
 common applications bundle the affected zlib source code but may be unable to call inflateGetHeader (e.g.,
 see the nodejs/node reference). (CVE-2022-37434)

Solution

Update the sys-libs/zlib library and its related packages to version 17162.463.8 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 454688

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37434

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37434