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Mageia 8: 2022-0371 Moderate: Unzip Null Pointer Dereference

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Security notification for Mageia 8 regarding vulnerabilities in zip file handling leading to system crashes and risk of arbitrary code execution. Further information enclosed.
Improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference

Summary

Improper handling of Unicode strings, which can lead to a null pointer dereference. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution. (CVE-2021-4217)
Conversion of a wide string to a local string that leads to a heap of out-of-bound write. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted zip file, leading to a crash or code execution. (CVE-2022-0529, CVE-2022-0530)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29893

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/+bug/1957077

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044583

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051395

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2051402

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00171.html

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00028.html

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- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5673-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4217

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0529

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0530

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/unzip-6.0-2.1.mga8

Publication date: 18 Oct 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0371.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-4217, CVE-2022-0529, CVE-2022-0530

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