Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in zip4j - CVE-2023-22899

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Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in zip4j - CVE-2023-22899

Published: March 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU74270
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22899
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
zip4j
Software vendor:
Srikanth Reddy Lingala

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to zip4j does not always perform validation of MAC when decrypting a ZIP archive. A remote attacker can submit a malicious archive or tamper with data inside one.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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