SB2018082031 - Resource management error in unzip (Alpine package) 



SB2018082031 - Resource management error in unzip (Alpine package)

Published: August 20, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018082031
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7697)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via empty bzip2 data in a ZIP archive.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.