Package : zip Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-1010
A buffer overflow has been discovered in zip, the archiver for .zip files. When doing recursive folder compression the program did not check the resulting path length, which would lead to memory being overwritten. A malicious person could convince a user to create an archive containing a specially crafted path name, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.30-5woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.30-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your zip package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------
