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Debian 9: DLA-2859-1 Critical: Zziplib Denial Of Service

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 27, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2860-1 resolves a vulnerability in libarchive resulting in potential data corruption. Users urged to upgrade.
An issue has been found in zziplib, a library providing read access on ZIP-archive

Summary

An issue has been found in zziplib, a library providing read access on
ZIP-archive.
Because of mishandling a return value, an attacker might cause a denial of
service due to an infinite loop.


For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
0.13.62-3.2~deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your zziplib packages.

For the detailed security status of zziplib please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/zziplib

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: zziplib
Version: 0.13.62-3.2~deb9u2
CVE ID: CVE-2020-18442

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