CVE-2012-1162

Description

From CVE.org

Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libzip and php as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This issue did not affect the versions of php53 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.47.5N/A
Attack VectorLocalNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityMediumLowN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Availability ImpactPartialPartialN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Timo Warns for reporting this issue.

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