Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting zziplib-devel package, versions <0:0.13.72-1.amzn2022.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2022-ZZIPLIBDEVEL-3101258
  • published4 Nov 2022
  • disclosed18 Jun 2021

Introduced: 18 Jun 2021

CVE-2020-18442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2022 zziplib-devel to version 0:0.13.72-1.amzn2022.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2022-2022-162.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib-devel package and not the zziplib-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2022 relevant fixed versions and status.

Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

CVSS Scores

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