CVE-2018-16548 Denial of service in n/a
A memory leak in ZZIPlib allows attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive memory consumption.
- 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-2018-16548?
CVE-2018-16548 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Sep 2018. 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
An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16548?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (4)
zziplib SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | All versions | 0.13.69-3.10.1 |
zziplib SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | All versions | 0.13.69-3.10.1 |
zziplib openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 0.13.69-lp150.7.1 |
zziplib openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | All versions | 0.13.69-lp151.4.3.1 |
Products include Gdraheim Zziplib.
How do I fix CVE-2018-16548?
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-2018-16548 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16548 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as AZL-7013, AZL-7457, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16548, GHSA-7mr9-rr2r-x93g, SUSE-SU-2019:2750-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16548 and 2 more.