Vigil@nce - ZZIPlib: memory leak via __zzip_parse_root_directory
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: RHEL.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a memory leak via __zzip_parse_root_directory()
of ZZIPlib, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ZZIPlib-memory-leak-via-zzip-parse-root-directory-29957