SB2018021209 - Denial of service in ZZIPlib
Published: February 12, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021209
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6869)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.