UnZip: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202310-17

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in UnZip, the worst of which could lead to code execution.

Affected packages

app-arch/unzip on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.0_p27
Unaffected versions >= 6.0_p27

Background

Info-ZIP’s UnZip is a tool to list and extract files inside PKZIP compressed files.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in UnZip. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All UnZip users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/unzip-6.0_p27"
 

References

Release date
October 30, 2023

Latest revision
October 30, 2023: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local

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