NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting zziplib-utils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.93% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-ZZIPLIBUTILS-1369828
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017

Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5980  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 zziplib-utils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib-utils package and not the zziplib-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted ZIP file.