[USN-7054-1] unzip vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7054-1
October 03, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary:

unzip could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- unzip: De-archiver for .zip files

Details:

It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   unzip                           6.0-28ubuntu4.1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7054-1
   CVE-2021-4217

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unzip/6.0-28ubuntu4.1

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