Ubuntu Security Notice 2502-1 - William Robinet discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed zip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2502-1
February 17, 2015
unzip vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
unzip could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- unzip: De-archiver for .zip files
Details:
William Robinet discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain
malformed zip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
unzip 6.0-12ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
unzip 6.0-9ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
unzip 6.0-4ubuntu2.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2502-1
CVE-2015-1315
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/6.0-12ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/6.0-9ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/6.0-4ubuntu2.3