Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201711-13
=========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2017-11-07
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-12858
Package : libzip
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-390

Summary
======
The package libzip before version 1.3.0-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.3.0-1.

# pacman -Syu "libzip>=1.3.0-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.0.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
Double free vulnerability in the _zip_dirent_read function in
zip_dirent.c in libzip allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
crafted zip file.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host by
tricking the user or an application using libzip into opening a crafted
zip file.

References
=========
https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12858

ArchLinux: 201711-13: libzip: arbitrary code execution

November 8, 2017

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the _zip_dirent_read function in zip_dirent.c in libzip allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.3.0-1. # pacman -Syu "libzip>=1.3.0-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.0.

References

https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/2217022b7d1142738656d891e00b3d2d9179b796 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12858

Severity
Package : libzip
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-390

Workaround

None.

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