Resource exhaustion in unzip (Alpine package)



Published: 2020-03-26
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-13232
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		unzip (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU29255

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13232

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack via a specially crafted zip file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

unzip (Alpine package): 6.0-r4 - 6.0-r5

CPE2.3 External links

http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2d5ea9b0ef18df74869bf77e2b9b7beda9a8cfe8
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=55374a75a54b07b8c1d75d154dfc2524813d6f09
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8c7e0d5c8061d459c8b2b33b122206ec6fa59163
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=91e40e209481a5c5d1d66f2d5b0d328bf5c28dff
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f9323c22d56bf68412789c47e0ba4b429feeea7f

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?



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