CVE-2012-1162
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Summary:
Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the _zip_readcdir function in zip_open.c in libzip 0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a zip archive with the number of directories set to 0, related to an "incorrect loop construct."
References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:034, http://nih.at/listarchive/libzip-discuss/msg00252.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/2, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201203-23.xml, http://www.nih.at/libzip/NEWS.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/11
Affected packages
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Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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