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UnZip "inflate_dynamic()" Uninitialized Pointers Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29415
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Release Date:
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2008-03-18
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Popularity:
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3,562 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | UnZip 5.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0888
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in UnZip, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of uninitialized pointers in the "inflate_dynamic()" function in inflate.c. This can potentially be exploited to free an attacker-controlled memory region and execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted ZIP compressed file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.52. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not process untrusted archives using UnZip.
Provided and/or discovered by:
rPath credits Tavis Ormandy.
Original Advisory:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317
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