CVE-2015-7696

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-09-07
Bugzilla:
1260944: CVE-2015-7696 CVE-2015-7697 unzip: Heap overflow and DoS in 6.0

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password-protected ZIP archive, possibly related to an Extra-Field size value.

Find out more about CVE-2015-7696 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
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 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 unzip Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 unzip Will not fix

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