[Secure-testing-team] Bug#847274: zlib: CVE-2016-9842

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: zlib
Version: 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for zlib.

CVE-2016-9842[0]:
No description was found (try on a search engine)

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9842
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9842
[1] https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/e54e1299404101a5a9d0cf5e45512b543967f958

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore