Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting zziplib package, versions <0.13.72+dfsg.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-ZZIPLIB-5701821
  • published19 Jun 2021
  • 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 Debian:13 zziplib to version 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1 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:13 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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