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Ubuntu: USN-4672-1 (CVE-2014-9913): unzip vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4672-1 (CVE-2014-9913): unzip vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/18/2017
Created
12/18/2020
Added
12/17/2020
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in the list_files function in list.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the compression method.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-unzip

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