SB2017090733 - Fedora 27 update for mingw-libzip
Published: September 7, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017090733
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14107)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.