RHSA-2022:8420 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: mingw-zlib security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
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Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 16, 2022
Updated · October 9, 2026
Topic
An update for mingw-zlib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The zlib packages provide a general-purpose lossless data compression library that is used by many different programs.
Security Fix(es):
- zlib: A flaw found in zlib when compressing (not decompressing) certain inputs (CVE-2018-25032)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.