CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5650

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Jan 12, 2018 | Modified: Aug 02, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the unzip_match function in runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Long_range_zip Long_range_zip_project 0.631 (including) 0.631 (including)
Lrzip Ubuntu artful *
Lrzip Ubuntu bionic *
Lrzip Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Lrzip Ubuntu trusty *
Lrzip Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Lrzip Ubuntu xenial *

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