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Vulnerability Assessment Details

USN248-2 : unzip regression fix

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
unzip regression fix

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote package "unzip" is missing a security patch.

Description :

USN-248-1 fixed a vulnerability in unzip. However, that update
inadvertedly changed the field order in the contents listing output,
which broke unzip frontends like file-roller. The updated packages fix
this regression.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- unzip-5.52-3ubuntu2.2 (Ubuntu 5.10)

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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