7-Zip up to 24.07 denial of service

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in 7-Zip. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-11612. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in 7-Zip. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

7-Zip CopyCoder Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of 7-Zip. Interaction with this library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the processing of streams. The issue results from a logic error that can lead to an infinite loop. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-24307.

The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-11612 since 11/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 227914 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-11612), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 24.08 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (227914). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• File Compression Software

Name

• 7-Zip

Version

• 3.13
• 4.20
• 4.23
• 4.24
• 4.25
• 4.26
• 4.26 Beta
• 4.27
• 4.28
• 4.29
• 4.30
• 4.31
• 4.32
• 4.33
• 4.34
• 4.35
• 4.36
• 4.37
• 4.38
• 4.39
• 4.40
• 4.41
• 4.42
• 4.43
• 4.44
• 4.45
• 4.46
• 4.47
• 4.48
• 4.49
• 4.50
• 4.51
• 4.52
• 4.53
• 4.54
• 4.55
• 4.56
• 15.14
• 16.00
• 18.03
• 23.00
• 23.01
• 24.01
• 24.07

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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