CVE-2018-9058 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 27 Mar 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file due to an infinite loop in the lrzip library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2018-9058?

CVE-2018-9058 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop in the runzip_fd function of runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-9058?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Long Range Zip Project Long Range Zip.

How do I fix CVE-2018-9058?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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-2018-9058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-9058 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9058, GHSA-4cpq-g6gc-93vr, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9058.