Resource Exhaustion Affecting unzip package, versions <6.0-r6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-UNZIP-587035
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed4 Jul 2019

Introduced: 4 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 unzip to version 6.0-r6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unzip package and not the unzip package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.

CVSS Base Scores

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