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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-1000035: Security patch for unzip (ALAS-2021-1604)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-1000035: Security patch for unzip (ALAS-2021-1604)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2018
Created
02/23/2021
Added
02/22/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version <= 6.00 in the processing of password-protected archives that allows an attacker to perform a denial of service or to possibly achieve code execution.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-unzip
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-unzip-debuginfo

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