SB2018021209 - Denial of service in ZZIPlib
Published: February 12, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021209
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-2018-6869)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c due to uncontrolled memory allocation. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted zip file, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.