CVE-2018-1000637

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000637
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-20 19:31:00 UTC
Updated2018-11-02 17:10:00 UTC
Descriptionzutils version prior to version 1.8-pre2 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in zcat that can result in Potential denial of service or arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim openning a crafted compressed file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.8-pre2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Nongnu Zutils 1.8 pre1 All All
Application Nongnu Zutils 1.8 pre1 All All
Application Nongnu Zutils All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1505-1] zutils security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
#904819 - Double-free when using zutils zcat -t on some input - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Zutils-bug] Zutils 1.8-pre2 released MLIST lists.nongnu.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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