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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3386-1 (unzip - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Two vulnerabilities have been found in unzip, a de-archiver for .zip files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2015-7696 Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2015-7697 Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly cause unzip to hang, resulting in a denial of service.
Affected Software
Affected Software
unzip on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 6.0-8+deb7u4. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 6.0-16+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 6.0-19. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 6.0-19. We recommend that you upgrade your unzip packages.