SB20200401102 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for zziplib
Published: April 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB20200401102
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17828)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in ZZIPlib within the unzzip_cat() function in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.