ALSA-2021:4316

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    ALSA-2021:4316

    Published: 9 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Low: zziplib security update

    Details: The zziplib is a lightweight library to easily extract data from zip files. Security Fix(es): * zziplib: infinite loop via the return value of zzip_file_read() as used in unzzip_cat_file() (CVE-2020-18442) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4316.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-18442

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zziplib

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/zziplib

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.13.68-9.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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