CVE-2014-8141
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way unzip handled Zip64 files. A specially crafted Zip archive could possibly cause unzip to crash when the archive was uncompressed.
Find out more about CVE-2014-8141 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of unzip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as they did not include support for Zip64.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (unzip) | RHSA-2015:0700 | 2015-03-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (unzip) | RHSA-2015:0700 | 2015-03-18 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | unzip | Not affected |