FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7

Linux dev-linux-1 2.6.18-308.13.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Jul 26 05:45:09 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The code reads the contents of a cab archive which uses MSZIP compression. This is a sequence of blocks, where each block has a header and then a set of bytes compressed with normal zip compression. Those bytes should be readable with java.util.zip.Inflater, and in 1.6 this works, but in 1.7, on the second block it gives the following error:

 java.util.zip.DataFormatException: invalid distance too far back
        at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateBytes(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflate(Inflater.java:259)
        at CabTestCase$MSZipInputStream.read(CabTestCase.java:86)


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u45

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
java version "1.6.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_45-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.45-b01, mixed mode)


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Take any text file larger than 32K. Use the Windows makecab utility (included with Windows 7) to create a cab archive from it as follows:

Put the following lines into a file called caboptions, replacing "bigfile.txt" with the name of your text file (don't include the dashes):
-- -- --
.OPTION EXPLICIT
 
.Set CabinetNameTemplate=test.cab
 
.Set Cabinet=on
.Set Compress=on
 
bigfile.txt
-- -- --

Run this command: makecab /f options

** EDIT - I've uploaded a test cab file which reproduces the issue also.

e.g :
C:\jdk8\bin\java CabTestCase test.cab blah
<same exception as below seen>

Compile the code provided below and pass the resulting test.cab file as the first argument, any name for the output file as the second argument.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The original (uncompressed) text file should be copied into the output file.
ACTUAL -
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: java.util.zip.DataFormatException: invalid distance too far back
        at CabTestCase$MSZipInputStream.read(CabTestCase.java:103)
        at java.io.FilterInputStream.read(FilterInputStream.java:133)
        at CabTestCase$CountingInputStream.read(CabTestCase.java:881)
        at CabTestCase$EntryStreamWrapper.read(CabTestCase.java:803)
        at CabTestCase$EntryStreamWrapper.read(CabTestCase.java:807)
        at CabTestCase.main(CabTestCase.java:37)
Caused by: java.util.zip.DataFormatException: invalid distance too far back
        at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateBytes(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflate(Inflater.java:259)
        at CabTestCase$MSZipInputStream.read(CabTestCase.java:86)
        ... 5 more


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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