CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0888
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2008-03-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• apple mac os x (< 10.6.3)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• unzip project unzip (< 6.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29392 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29406 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29415 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29427 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29432 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29440 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29495 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29681 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31204 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 Broken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068 Not Applicable
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634 Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246 Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733 Broken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29392 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29406 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29415 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29427 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29432 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29440 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29495 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29681 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31204 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 Broken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116 Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068 Not Applicable
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288 Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634 Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246 Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317 Broken Link
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733 Broken Link