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Ubuntu: USN-4672-1 (CVE-2018-1000035): unzip vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4672-1 (CVE-2018-1000035): unzip vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/09/2018
Created
12/18/2020
Added
12/17/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-unzip

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