CVE-2006-2161

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2006-2161 · Published 09/05/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2161 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting cam unzip (cam development), abakt (erik dienske), tzipbuilder (roger aelbrecht).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cam unzip cam_development	`= 4.0= 4.3`	No fix yet
abakt erik_dienske	`= 0.9.2= 0.9.3_beta1`	No fix yet
tzipbuilder roger_aelbrecht	`= 1.79.03.01`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) TZipBuilder 1.79.03.01, (2) Abakt 0.9.2 and 0.9.3-beta1, (3) CAM UnZip 4.0 and 4.3, and possibly other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive that contains a file with a long file name.

References

marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/19945 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/19946 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/20068 · Patch
secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-26/advisory · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-31/advisory · Patch
secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-34/advisory · Patch
securityreason.com/securityalert/853
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securityfocus.com/archive/1/433257/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/434019/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/archive/1/434520/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/17880

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