CVE-2015-1315

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-02-17
CWE:
CWE-120
Bugzilla:
1192603: CVE-2015-1315 unzip: charset_to_intern() buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by converting a string from CP866 to UTF-8.

Find out more about CVE-2015-1315 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of unzip as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 unzip Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 unzip Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 unzip Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank William Robinet for reporting this issue.

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