CVE-2017-14107 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 1 Sep 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory allocation failure in libzip by submitting a crafted ZIP archive.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-14107?

CVE-2017-14107 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The _zip_read_eocd64 function in zip_open.c in libzip before 1.3.0 mishandles EOCD records, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14107?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (9)

`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`
`libzip` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	All versions	`0.11.1-13.3.1`

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libzip Libzip.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14107?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-14107 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14107 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14107, DLA-2858-1, GHSA-r7fp-6p6g-f7f5, MGASA-2018-0020, SUSE-SU-2017:2546-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14107 and 1 more.