Updated zip packages are available for Ubuntu Linux 4.10

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-18-1 November 05, 2004
zip vulnerability
CAN-2004-1010
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)

The following packages are affected:

zip

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.30-6ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.



Details follow:

HexView discovered a buffer overflow in the zip package. The overflow is triggered by creating a ZIP archive of files with very long path names. This vulnerability might result in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who calls zip.

This flaw may lead to privilege escalation on systems which automatically create ZIP archives of user supplied files, like backup systems or web applications.

Source archives:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30-6ubuntu0.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 15683 dd26c4c85464bff935f39d72d5704589
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30-6ubuntu0.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 526 ff598e352d1e70b35a06d93583557270
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 728636 9426b2042139de1f112f271ebdcb0ff0

amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30-6ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 101572 36e834cfe5405bf2a92abdf0b3d4067b

i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30-6ubuntu0.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 91602 abd725fa35fc9c4482da1ca32cf9d374

powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zip/zip_2.30-6ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 96648 9f8b310ae415756a1a629bc6bccf1f70