Resource Exhaustion Affecting unzip package, versions <0:6.0-43.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-UNZIP-3717960
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jul 2019

Introduced: 2 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 unzip to version 0:6.0-43.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1787.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unzip package and not the unzip package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a "better zip bomb" issue.

CVSS Base Scores

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