Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support update for unzip

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU29255

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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 updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support: 7.7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS: 7.7

unzip (Red Hat package): before 6.0-20.el7_7.1

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2486

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.