Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libzzip-0-13 package, versions <0.13.69-150000.3.17.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBZZIP013-6481721
  • published23 Mar 2024
  • disclosed22 Mar 2024

Introduced: 22 Mar 2024

CVE-2020-18442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libzzip-0-13 to version 0.13.69-150000.3.17.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libzzip-0-13 package and not the libzzip-0-13 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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