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

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465010

Description

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

 - In ZZIPlib 0.13.67, there is a bus error (when handling a disk64_trailer seek value) caused by loading of
 a misaligned address in the zzip_disk_findfirst function of zzip/mmapped.c. (CVE-2018-6542)

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-2018-6542

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465010

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6542

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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: 2/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6542