SB2015012610 - Fedora 21 update for unzip



SB2015012610 - Fedora 21 update for unzip

Published: January 26, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015012610
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9636)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supply extra field with an uncompressed size smaller than the compressed field size in a zip archive that advertises STORED method compression and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.