[Secure-testing-team] Bug#888506: lrzip: CVE-2018-5786: Infinite Loop Vulnerability in get_fileinfo

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: lrzip
Version: 0.631-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for lrzip.

CVE-2018-5786[0]:
| In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and
| application hang in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c). Remote
| attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of
| service via a crafted lrz file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5786
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5786
[1] https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip/issues/91

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore