PT-2018-3544 · Zziplib+6 · Zziplib+6

Fantasy7082 · Published 2018-03-06 · Updated 2023-08-17 · CVE-2018-7727

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ZZIPlib versions 0.13.68

Description: The issue is related to a memory leak in the zzip mem disk new function of the ZZIPlib library. This leak occurs due to a resource not being released after its expiration. An attacker, potentially acting remotely, could exploit this issue by using a specially crafted zip file to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations: For ZZIPlib version 0.13.68, consider restricting the use of the zzip mem disk new function until a patch is available to prevent potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03948

CESA-2018_3229

CVE-2018-7727

MGASA-2019-0093

RHSA-2018:3229

RHSA-2018_3229

SUSE-SU-2019:3341-1

USN-6298-1

Affected Products

Centos

Debian

Linuxmint

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Zziplib

References · 33

• 🔥 https://github.com/gdraheim/zziplib/issues/40 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:3341-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03948 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-3229.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/T5F2Q7GQYRYWHMTEF2OKBIHBBFV6SZBY · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0093.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/I6J523IVLVVPUEHRDYT54A5QOKM5XVTO · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7727 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/MKVLTCQZTM4IO2OP63CRKPLX6NQKLQ2O · Vendor Advisory