Definition

The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

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The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

Family:

unix

Status:

ACCEPTED

Platform(s):

CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Class:

vulnerability

Reference(s):

CVE-2008-0888

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