Resource Exhaustion Affecting unzip package, versions <6.0-20ubuntu1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-UNZIP-1052053
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed4 Jul 2019

Introduced: 4 Jul 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 unzip to version 6.0-20ubuntu1.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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

version 3.1