SB2018072719 - Out-of-bounds read in AdvanceCOMP
Published: July 27, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072719
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1056)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An out-of-bounds heap buffer read flaw was found in the way advancecomp before 2.1-2018/02 handled processing of ZIP files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash the advzip utility by tricking it into processing crafted ZIP files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889270
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1056
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00004.html
- https://sourceforge.net/p/advancemame/bugs/259/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3570-1/