zlib inflate problem

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David Shaw wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2005 at 08:00:48PM +0400, Vladimir N. Kutinsky wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>I am decrypting files sent to me by another user through my HTTP server.
>>Quite often I get errors that look like the following snippet:
>>   "gpg: fatal: zlib inflate problem: oversubscribed dynamic bit lengths
>>tree
>>   secmem usage: 2368/3808 bytes in 4/9 blocks of pool 3904/32768"
>>Could you please tell me what might cause this problem?
>>
>>I am using GnuPG 1.4.1 on a Win2000.
>>File encryption/decription is performed in a batch mode.
>>For encryption:
>>   gpg --openpgp --output OutFile --recipient
>>Recipient --armor --yes --batch --encrypt InFile
>>For decryption:
>>   gpg --openpgp --output OutFile --yes --batch --passphrase-fd 0 --decrypt
>>InFile
> 
> 
> Hmm.  What version of zlib are you using?
> 

Is this related to the zlib security flaw mentioned back around the 8th
of July? Sounds like it might almost be a buffer overflow error...

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