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SUSE: CVE-2018-1000637: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-1000637: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/20/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/04/2018
Modified
10/22/2021

Description

zutils version prior to version 1.8-pre2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zcat that can result in Potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim openning a crafted compressed file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.8-pre2.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-zutils

References

  • CVE-2018-1000637

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