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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7054-1
October 03, 2024unzip vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Summary:
unzip could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- unzip: De-archiver for .zip files
Details:
It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
unzip 6.0-28ubuntu4.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7054-1
CVE-2021-4217
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/6.0-28ubuntu4.1