Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1522-1 unzip -- programming error
- Date Reported:
- 17 Mar 2008
- Affected Packages:
- unzip
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0888.
- More information:
-
Tavis Ormandy discovered that unzip, when processing specially crafted ZIP archives, could pass invalid pointers to the C library's free routine, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-0888).
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge5.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-9etch1.
The unstable distribution (sid) will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your unzip package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge5_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-9etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.