CVE-2015-7697
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via empty bzip2 data in a ZIP archive.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.0-19 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.0-19 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.0-19 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.0-19 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.0-19 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| unzip_project | unzip | 6.0 | |
References
- http://sourceforge.net/p/infozip/patches/23/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3386
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/07/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/15/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/11/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76863
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034027
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2788-2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7697
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.