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Mandriva: Updated unzip packages fix vulnerabilities Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A buffer overflow was foiund in how unzip handles file name arguments. If a user could tricked into processing a specially crafted, excessively long file name with unzip, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2005:050
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : unzip
 Date    : February 27, 2005
 Affected: 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 3.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A buffer overflow was foiund in how unzip handles file name arguments.
 If a user could tricked into processing a specially crafted,
 excessively long file name with unzip, an attacker could execute
 arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
 
 The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4667
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 10.2:
 56ed53b98b79934d0f4292a4e067eae6  10.2/RPMS/unzip-5.51-1.3.102mdk.i586.rpm
 33b9f50fab728e3b3c38c6d4f4002314  10.2/SRPMS/unzip-5.51-1.3.102mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
 4dde5ce888845056867be10129f61df4  x86_64/10.2/RPMS/unzip-5.51-1.3.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
 33b9f50fab728e3b3c38c6d4f4002314  x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/unzip-5.51-1.3.102mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
 3d3dcc95fccacd8033c452774994da1e  2006.0/RPMS/unzip-5.52-1.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 d45d6caaf656e5f04ce934a61a48a3e6  2006.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.52-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
 b73080d55771a4a9572d9879b55db012  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/unzip-5.52-1.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 d45d6caaf656e5f04ce934a61a48a3e6  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.52-1.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0:
 9ebf9de576ed5f9ca73362e7bea27849  corporate/3.0/RPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.C30mdk.i586.rpm
 f3693c4ebec532b5a86f382981c81a4c  corporate/3.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Corporate 3.0/X86_64:
 adce6e507a360b3132ec83f038d44bd7  x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
 f3693c4ebec532b5a86f382981c81a4c  x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.C30mdk.src.rpm

 Multi Network Firewall 2.0:
 075d5b7cefc2a93053e48dde5adb09ee  mnf/2.0/RPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.M20mdk.i586.rpm
 12e0a95ab72239096c9110f8a1f98661  mnf/2.0/SRPMS/unzip-5.50-9.3.M20mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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