Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting zziplib package, versions <0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-ZZIPLIB-305363
  • published6 Mar 2018
  • disclosed6 Mar 2018

Introduced: 6 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-7727  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 zziplib to version 0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zziplib package and not the zziplib package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib 0.13.68. There is a memory leak triggered in the function zzip_mem_disk_new in memdisk.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.