[USN-4057-1] Zipios vulnerability

[Mike Salvatore]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4057-1
July 15, 2019

Zipios vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Zipios could be made to crash or consume system resources if it received
specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- zipios++: small C++ library for reading zip files (development)

Details:

Mike Salvatore discovered that Zipios mishandled certain malformed ZIP files. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or consume
system resources. (CVE-2019-13453)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libzipios++0v5                  0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libzipios++0v5                  0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libzipios++0v5                  0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libzipios++0v5                  0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-5.2ubuntu0.16.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4057-1
  CVE-2019-13453

Package Information:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zipios++/0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.19.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zipios++/0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.10.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zipios++/0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-10ubuntu0.18.04.1

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zipios++/0.1.5.9+cvs.2007.04.28-5.2ubuntu0.16.04.1

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