USN-3320-1: zziplib vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3320-1
15th June, 2017
zziplib vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
zziplib could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software description
- zziplib
– library providing read access on ZIP-archives
Details
Agostino Sarubbo discovered that zziplib incorrectly handled certain
malformed ZIP files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could cause zziplib
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
-
libzzip-0-13
0.13.62-3ubuntu0.17.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.10:
-
libzzip-0-13
0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.10.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libzzip-0-13
0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libzzip-0-13
0.13.62-2ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3320-1: zziplib vulnerabilities
