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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200804-06">
+ <title>UnZip: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A double free vulnerability discovered in UnZip might lead to the execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">unzip</product>
+ <announced>April 06, 2008</announced>
+ <revised>April 06, 2008: 01</revised>
+ <bug>213761</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-arch/unzip" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">5.52-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">5.52-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Info-ZIP's UnZip is a tool to list and extract files inside PKZIP
+ compressed files.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team discovered that the NEEDBITS
+ macro in the inflate_dynamic() function in the file inflate.c can be
+ invoked using invalid buffers, which can lead to a double free.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ Remote attackers could entice a user or automated system to open a
+ specially crafted ZIP file that might lead to the execution of
+ arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All UnZip users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-arch/unzip-5.52-r2&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0888">CVE-2008-0888</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:46:56 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:38:54 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:39:11 +0000">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>