Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting zziplib package, versions <0.13.62-3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ZZIPLIB-305261
  • published9 Feb 2018
  • disclosed9 Feb 2018

Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6869  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 zziplib to version 0.13.62-3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib package and not the zziplib package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ZZIPlib 0.13.68, there is an uncontrolled memory allocation and a crash in the __zzip_parse_root_directory function of zzip/zip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted zip file.