CVE-2008-0888
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | 7.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | 7.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | 6.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | 6.06.x |
| apple / mac_os_x | - | 10.6.3 |
| debian / debian_linux | 4.0 | 4.0.x |
| unzip_project / unzip | - | 6.0 |
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29427
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29440
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733
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