DSA-1012-1 unzip -- buffer overflow

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-4667  

A buffer overflow in the command line argument parsing has been discovered in unzip, the de-archiver for ZIP files, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.50-1woody6. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge4. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-7. We recommend that you upgrade your unzip package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1012-1 unzip -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
21 Mar 2006
Affected Packages:
unzip
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 349794.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 15968.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-4667.
More information:

A buffer overflow in the command line argument parsing has been discovered in unzip, the de-archiver for ZIP files, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.50-1woody6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your unzip package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.50-1woody6_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/u/unzip/unzip_5.52-1sarge4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.