USN-2788-2: unzip Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 09-11-2015Last modified 10-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-2788-2 is a vulnerability in unzip Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

unzip regression USN-2788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in unzip. One of the security patches caused a regression when extracting 0-byte files. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-7696) Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly cause unzip to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7697)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • unzip< 6.0-9ubuntu1.5

1 vendor · 1 product

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