RHSA-2018:3229 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: zziplib security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 30, 2018
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for zziplib is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The zziplib is a lightweight library to easily extract data from zip files.
Security Fix(es):
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zziplib: out of bound read in mmapped.c:zzip_disk_fread() causes crash (CVE-2018-7725)
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zziplib: Bus error in zip.c:__zzip_parse_root_directory() cause crash via crafted zip file (CVE-2018-7726)
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zziplib: Memory leak in memdisk.c:zzip_mem_disk_new() can lead to denial of service via crafted zip (CVE-2018-7727)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.