CVE-2008-0888

NameCVE-2008-0888
DescriptionThe NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1522-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
unzip (PTS)buster6.0-23+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)6.0-23+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye6.0-26+deb11u1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm6.0-28fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
unzipsourcesarge5.52-1sarge5DSA-1522-1
unzipsourceetch5.52-9etch1DSA-1522-1
unzipsource(unstable)5.52-11

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