UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18442

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18442

    Published: 18 Jun 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-18442
    Aliases:
    USN-6298-1

    Summary:

    Details: Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value "zzip_file_read" in the function "unzzip_cat_file".

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18442, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6298-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-18442

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zziplib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.13.62-3
    0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.1
    0.13.62-3ubuntu0.16.04.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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