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libzip -- denial of service

Affected packages
		libzip	<	1.1.13_1

Details

VuXML ID	b2952517-07e5-4d19-8850-21c5b7e0623f
Discovery	2017-09-01
Entry	2017-09-27

libzip developers report:

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2017-14107
URL	https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/01/libzip-memory-allocation-failure-in-_zip_cdir_grow-zip_dirent-c/
URL	https://github.com/nih-at/libzip/commit/9b46957ec98d85a572e9ef98301247f39338a3b5