Out-of-Bounds Affecting unzip package, versions <6.0-21
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EPSS
0.7% (81st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-UNZIP-358237
- published 18 Jan 2017
- disclosed 18 Jan 2017
Introduced: 18 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-9844 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 unzip to version 6.0-21 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer overflow in the zi_short function in zipinfo.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large compression method value in the central directory file header.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9844
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1643750
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9844
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94728
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9844