ubuntu-cve-2018-17828
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-01 08:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
negligible
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17828",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:53Z",
  "published": "2018-10-01T08:29:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "negligible",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2018-17828"
  ]
}



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