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Debian DSA-624-1 : zip - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16102

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in zip, the archiver for .zip files. When doing recursive folder compression the program did not check the resulting path length, which would lead to memory being overwritten. A malicious person could convince a user to create an archive containing a specially crafted path name, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the zip package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.30-5woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-624

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16102

File Name: debian_DSA-624.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:zip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1010

DSA: 624