SB2017090110 - Denial of service in libzip
Published: September 1, 2017 Updated: August 3, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090110
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14107)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The
vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing EOCD
records in _zip_read_eocd64() function in zip_open.c in libzip. A remote
attacker can create a specially crafted ZIP archive, trick the victim
into opening it and consume all available memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.