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FreeBSD: VID-6D337396-0E4A-11E8-94C0-5453ED2E2B49 (CVE-2017-17969): p7zip -- heap-based buffer overflow

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FreeBSD: VID-6D337396-0E4A-11E8-94C0-5453ED2E2B49 (CVE-2017-17969): p7zip -- heap-based buffer overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/11/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NCompress::NShrink::CDecoder::CodeReal method in 7-Zip before 18.00 and p7zip allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP archive.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-p7zip

References

  • 1040831
  • USN-3913-1
  • DSA-4104
  • CVE-2017-17969

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