FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.8.0_152"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.152-b16, mixed mode)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Verified with "Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS x64" and "Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
newer zlib 1.2.11 in java 8u152/8u151 doesn't work.

REGRESSION.  Last worked in version 8u151

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Could be reproducible even with simple tomcat app:

curl http://localhost:8080/myapp/global.css -H 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' --compressed -o/dev/null ;echo $?
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (23) Error while processing content unencoding: invalid block type
23


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Here is the tomcat log:

java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid block type

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Replace jre/lib/amd64/libzip.so file with one from jdk 8u144