#VU29255 Resource exhaustion in UnZip - CVE-2019-13232
Published: June 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29255
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13232
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
UnZip
UnZip
Software vendor:
Info-ZIP
Info-ZIP
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
- https://github.com/madler/unzip
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00005.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-58
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190814-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K80311892?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/