1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3699-1

USN-3699-1: zziplib vulnerabilities

Publication date

3 July 2018

Overview

zziplib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • zziplib - library providing read access on ZIP-archives - library

Details

It was discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain malformed ZIP
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could cause zziplib to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain malformed ZIP
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could cause zziplib to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3.1ubuntu0.17.10.1
16.04 xenial libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 trusty libzzip-0-13 –  0.13.62-2ubuntu0.2

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