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Fedora 22: FEDORA-2015-4553 Critical: libzip Integer Overflow

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2015
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Important libzip patch for Fedora 22 resolves integer overflow vulnerability in ZIP files. Detailed installation guide provided.
CVE-2015-2331: integer overflow when processing ZIP archives (#1204676,#1204677)

Summary

libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files

can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from

other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted.

The API is documented by man pages.

Update Information:

CVE-2015-2331: integer overflow when processing ZIP archives (#1204676,#1204677)

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security advisory Fedora software patch critical update integer overflow libzip

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1204676 - CVE-2015-2331 libzip: integer overflow when processing ZIP archives https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204676

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update libzip' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: libzip
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 0.11.2
Release: 5.fc22
URL: https://libzip.org/
Summary: C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives

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