Ubuntu Security Notice USN-18-1
5th November, 2004
zip vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
HexView discovered a buffer overflow in the zip package. The overflow
is triggered by creating a ZIP archive of files with very long path
names. This vulnerability might result in execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user who calls zip.
This flaw may lead to privilege escalation on systems which
automatically create ZIP archives of user supplied files, like backup
systems or web applications.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- zip
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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