Hi Santiago,

On Fri, Jul 05, 2019 at 12:57:31PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 10:50:46PM +0200, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > Source: unzip
> > Version: 6.0-23
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: security upstream
> > Control: found -1 6.0-21+deb9u1
> > Control: found -1 6.0-21
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The following vulnerability was published for unzip.
> > 
> > CVE-2019-13232[0]:
> > | Info-ZIP UnZip 6.0 mishandles the overlapping of files inside a ZIP
> > | container, leading to denial of service (resource consumption), aka a
> > | "better zip bomb" issue.
> > 
> > There seem to be a fork onf Info-Zip UnZip, trying to address this
> > issue, but not sure if we should follow that.
> 
> Hello Salvatore. Thanks for the report.
> 
> You probably mean the github repository by Mark Adler:
> 
> https://github.com/madler/unzip
> 
> The description says "Fork of InfoZIP UnZip 6.0 for new zip bomb
> detection patch" so I would consider this just as a way to distribute
> the patch fixing the bug, more than a proper "fork".
> 
> (Note: Mark Adler was one of the original unzip authors, I'm glad
> to see him still around).
> 
> I'll contact Steven M Schweda, the current maintainer.

Thank you!

Regards,
Salvatore

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