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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8139: UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8139: UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CRC32 verification in Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file in the -t command argument to the unzip command.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-unzip

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