| Name | CVE-2017-5978 |
| Description | The zzip_mem_entry_new function in memdisk.c in zziplib 0.13.62 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted ZIP file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-994-1, DSA-3878-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 854727 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| zziplib (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.13.62-3+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 0.13.62-3.2~deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 0.13.62-3.2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.13.62-3.3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.1 | fixed |
| trixie | 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.2 | fixed |
| sid | 0.13.72+dfsg.1-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/zziplib-out-of-bounds-read-in-zzip_mem_entry_new-memdisk-c/