Description (CNA)
cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064