GLSA 201611-01: UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	UnZip: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/01/2016
Bugs:	#528082, #533748, #537424, #560416
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)
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: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201611-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.