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Echo: zziplib: security update to 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1+e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459262

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a
 .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.
 (CVE-2018-17828)

Solution

Update the zziplib library and its related packages to version 0.13.78+dfsg.1-0.1+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2018-17828

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459262

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17828