Ubuntu Security Notice 3699-1 - It was discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain malformed ZIP files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could cause zziplib to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3699-1
July 03, 2018
zziplib vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
zziplib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- zziplib: library providing read access on ZIP-archives - library
Details:
It was discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain malformed ZIP
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could cause zziplib to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 17.10:
libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libzzip-0-13 0.13.62-2ubuntu0.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3699-1
CVE-2018-6381, CVE-2018-6484, CVE-2018-6540, CVE-2018-6541,
CVE-2018-6869, CVE-2018-7725, CVE-2018-7726
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zziplib/0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zziplib/0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zziplib/0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zziplib/0.13.62-2ubuntu0.2