Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2788-2

Ubuntu Security Notice 2788-2 – USN-2788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in unzip. One of the security patches caused a regression when extracting 0-byte files. This update fixes the problem. Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain password protected archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code. Gustavo Grieco discovered that unzip incorrectly handled certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted zip archive, an attacker could possibly cause unzip to hang, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

SAP HANA TrexNet Command Execution

Using the multiple methods available in the TrexNet protocol, a remote unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands, python modules, read, write and delete files and directories, read environment information and also completely shut down the SAP HANA instance. The attacker could also send TMS queries to the NameSever component, which could allow him to retrieve technical information of the remote system such as configuration files. SAP HANA Database versions 1.00 SPS10 and below are affected.