USN-6298-1: ZZIPlib vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 August 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in ZZIPlib.


Packages

  • zziplib - The ZZIPlib provides read access on ZIP-archives and unpacked data

Details

Liu Zhu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2018-7727)

YiMing Liu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-18442)

Liu Zhu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2018-7727)

YiMing Liu discovered that ZZIPlib incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-18442)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 LTS focal libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1
libzzip-dev –  0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1
zziplib-bin –  0.13.62-3.2ubuntu1.1
18.04 LTS bionic libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1  
libzzip-dev –  0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1  
zziplib-bin –  0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1  
libzzip-dev –  0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1  
zziplib-bin –  0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1  

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