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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-17828: Moderate: zziplib security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-17828: Moderate: zziplib security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/01/2018
Created
04/02/2020
Added
04/01/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-zziplib
  • centos-upgrade-zziplib-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-zziplib-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-zziplib-devel
  • centos-upgrade-zziplib-utils
  • centos-upgrade-zziplib-utils-debuginfo

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