CVE-2008-0888

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0888
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-17 21:44:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 22:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Info-zip Unzip All All All All
Application Info-zip Unzip All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rPath update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IPCop update for various packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
UnZip: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Info-ZIP UnZip 'inflate_dynamic()' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:007 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
VMSA-2008-0009.2 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com
Ubuntu update for unzip - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
USN-589-1: unzip vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
IPCop 1.4.19 / 1.4.20 released :: IPCop.org :: The bad packets stop here! CONFIRM www.ipcop.org
Mandriva update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 APPLE lists.apple.com
UnZip "inflate_dynamic()" Uninitialized Pointers Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
UnZip NEEDBITS Macro Memory Free May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for unzip - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1522-1 unzip DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900036 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for unzip 6.0
  • 901019 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (6932-1)
  • 903098 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (2670)
  • 906127 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (2670-1)
  • 906398 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for unzip (6932-2)
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