CVE-2023-45853
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
pyminizip affected by zlib's integer overflow/heap based buffer overflow vulnerability due to vulnerable dependency
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
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
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 1:1.3.1-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.3.dfsg-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.3.dfsg-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.3.dfsg-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.1-8+deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.1-8+deb12u1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pyminizip | <=0.2.6 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45853
- https://github.com/madler/zlib/pull/843
- https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/73331a6a0481067628f065ffe87bb1d8f787d10c
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/d709fb23806858847131027da95ef4c548813356
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/de29dd6c7151d3cd37cb4cf0036800ddfb1d8b61
- https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/ac8f12c97d1afd9bafa9c710f827d40a407d3266/contrib/README.contrib#L1-L4
- https://github.com/smihica/pyminizip
- https://github.com/smihica/pyminizip/blob/master/zlib-1.2.11/contrib/minizip/zip.c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00026.html
- https://pypi.org/project/pyminizip/#history
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0009
- https://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/minizip.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/20/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/10
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45853.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45853
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.