+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #178960 +++ unzip long filename buffer overflow unzip is vulnerable to a filename buffer overflow vulnerability. It may be possible to execute arbitrary code as the user running unzip. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15968/info This issue can be verified with the following command: unzip `perl -e 'print "A" x 50000'` This issue also affects RHEL3 This issue also affects RHEL2.1 -- Additional comment from syeghiay on 2006-03-24 08:51 EST -- Exception approved at Mar 23 RHEL Updates meeting, added to RHEL4U4Proposed. Please clone bug for RHEL3 and 2.1.
This flaw has been rated as having a low severity by the Red Hat Security Response Team. More information about this rating can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode. If you believe this judgement to be in error, please reopen this bug with an appropriate comment.