SB2018020147 - Fedora 27 update for zziplib
Published: February 1, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020147
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) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6381)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the zzip_disk_fread function in zzip/mmapped.c due to the size variable is not validated against the amount of file->stored data. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.