Bug 138230 - buffer overflow when creating archive containing very long filenames.
Summary: buffer overflow when creating archive containing very long filenames.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: zip
Version: 2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
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Assignee: Lon Hohberger
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
URL:
Whiteboard: public=20041103,impact=low
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-11-05 21:22 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-11-09 00:02:46 UTC
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Description Josh Bressers 2004-11-05 21:22:35 UTC 
A buffer overflow has been found in zip which will lead to a buffer
overflow when a user try to create a zip archive which contains very
long filenames.

See:
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028379.html

attachment 106240 [details] contains the fix for this issue.
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2004-11-05 21:22:54 UTC 
This issue should also affect FC3
Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2004-11-06 13:36:14 UTC 
The patch in attachment 106249 [details] contains a small fix over the previous
patch.
Comment 3 Lon Hohberger 2004-11-08 16:43:52 UTC 
Indeed, it does affect FC-3
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