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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : infozip (SSA:2005-121-01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18810

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New infozip (zip/unzip) packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix security issues. - From the www.info-zip.org site: Zip 2.3 and (presumably) all previous versions have a buffer- overrun vulnerability relating to deep directory paths that could potentially lead to local privilege escalation (e.g., in the case of automated, Zip-based backups). See the FAQ page for details. All versions of UnZip through 5.50 have a number of directory- traversal vulnerabilities, and version 5.50 also has a textmode data- corruption bug that affects 16-bit ports such as MS-DOS. See the FAQ page for details.

Solution

Update the affected infozip package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fe9992b8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18810

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-121-01.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 4/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:8.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:infozip, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

SSA: 2005-121-01