USN-7054-1: unzip vulnerability
3 October 2024
unzip could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- unzip - De-archiver for .zip files
Details
It was discovered that unzip did not properly handle unicode strings under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted zip file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause unzip
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.