Fedora 21 update for unzip

Published: 2015-01-26 | Updated: 2025-04-24

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2014-9636
CWE-ID	CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system unzip Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU13613

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9636

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 21

unzip: before 6.0-18.fc21

CPE2.3

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-1189

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.