CVE-2012-1163

Publication date 12 July 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Integer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the size and offset values for the central directory in a zip archive, which triggers "improper restrictions of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer" and an information leak.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libzip 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

only 0.10 affected http://hg.nih.at/libzip?cs=feb6cbf7e8c4 introduced the problem

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