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Ubuntu: USN-3699-1 (CVE-2018-6540): zziplib vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3699-1 (CVE-2018-6540): zziplib vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/02/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/10/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error caused by loading of a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libzzip-0-13

References

  • USN-3699-1
  • CVE-2018-6540

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