Info-ZIP UnZip up to 5.50 setuid Program line memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Info-ZIP UnZip up to 5.50. This affects an unknown part of the component setuid Program. Such manipulation of the argument line leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-4667. The attack needs to be performed locally. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Info-ZIP UnZip up to 5.50 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component setuid Program. The manipulation of the argument line with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in UnZip 5.50 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename command line argument. NOTE: since the overflow occurs in a non-setuid program, there are not many scenarios under which it poses a vulnerability, unless unzip is passed long arguments when it is invoked from other programs.

The weakness was released 01/01/2006 by c0ntex (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntulinux.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4667. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21056 (Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : unzip vulnerability (USN-248-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156150 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for unzip (ELSA-2007-0203)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29197), Exploit-DB (26913), Tenable (21056), SecurityFocus (BID 15968†) and OSVDB (22400†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1680, VDB-35870 and VDB-35401. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21056
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : unzip vulnerability (USN-248-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 56464
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1012-1 (unzip)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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12/31/2005 +12 days 🔍
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01/25/2006 +23 days 🔍
02/12/2006 +18 days 🔍
03/13/2006 +29 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3286 days 🔍
01/04/2025 +3586 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ubuntulinux.org
Researcher: c0ntex
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-4667 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27986

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X-Force: 29197
SecurityFocus: 15968 - Info-ZIP UnZip File Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 25098
OSVDB: 22400 - UnZip File Name Processing Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 10269 - UnZip Buffer Overflow via Long Filename Command Line Argument, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 01/04/2025 16:01
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (65), 01/11/2019 12:08 (12), 07/07/2021 09:47 (3), 07/07/2021 09:49 (1), 01/04/2025 16:01 (20)
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