USN-2788-2

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2788-2

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2788-2.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2788-2

Published

2015-11-09T16:19:30Z

Modified

2026-02-10T04:40:56Z

Summary

unzip regression

Details

USN-2788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in unzip. One of the security patches caused a regression when extracting 0-byte files. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7696)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly cause unzip to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7697)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / unzip

Package

Name: unzip
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/unzip@6.0-9ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.0-9ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

6.*

6.0-9ubuntu1

6.0-9ubuntu1.1

6.0-9ubuntu1.2

6.0-9ubuntu1.3

6.0-9ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.0-9ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "unzip"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2788-2.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}