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.
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DSA-1012-1 | New unzip packages fix arbitrary code execution |
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EUVD-2005-4661 | 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. |
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USN-248-1 | unzip vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.920Z
Reserved: 2006-01-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-4667

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-4667


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