USN-4057-1: Zipios vulnerability
Zipios vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Zipios could be made to crash or consume system resources if it received
specially crafted input.
Software Description
- zipios++ – small C++ library for reading zip files (development)
Details
Mike Salvatore discovered that Zipios mishandled certain malformed ZIP files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or consume
system resources. (CVE-2019-13453)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libzipios++0v5 – 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.19.04.1
- Ubuntu 18.10
- libzipios++0v5 – 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.10.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libzipios++0v5 – 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.04.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libzipios++0v5 – 0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-5.2ubuntu0.16.04.1
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-4057-1: Zipios vulnerability
