Fedora Core 2 : zip-2.3-26.2 (2004-399)

high Nessus Plugin ID 62245

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

A buffer overflow has been found in zip which will lead to a buffer overflow when a user try to create a zip archive which contains very long filenames.

See:
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028379 .html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected zip and / or zip-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2b7a1a9c

http://www.nessus.org/u?e6fa84bb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 62245

File Name: fedora_2004-399.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:zip, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:zip-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2004

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2004-399