GLSA 201611-01: UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 11/01/2016 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201611-01 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in UnZip allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and cause Denial of Service.Background
Info-ZIP’s UnZip is a tool to list and extract files inside PKZIP compressed files.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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app-arch/unzip | < 6.0_p20 | >= 6.0_p20 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in UnZip. Please review the referenced CVE’s for additional information.
Impact
Remote attackers could execute arbitrary code or cause Denial of Service.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All UnZip users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/unzip-6.0_p20"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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