Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting zziplib-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.13.68-9.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-ZZIPLIBDEBUGINFO-3210341
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 zziplib-debuginfo to version 0:0.13.68-9.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4316.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib-debuginfo package and not the zziplib-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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 Base Scores

version 3.1