Buffer overflow in lrzip - CVE-2017-9928
Published: June 26, 2017 / Updated: February 16, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38812
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2017-9928
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ckolivas (Con Kolivas)
Affected software:
lrzip
lrzip
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In lrzip 0.631, a stack buffer overflow was found in the function get_fileinfo in lrzip.c:979, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9928
Install update from vendor's website.