SB2022101330 - Denial of service in unzip 



SB2022101330 - Denial of service in unzip

Published: October 13, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022101330
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4217)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in unzip when handling Unicode strings. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted archive and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.