SB2019112916 - Path traversal in Kyzer cabextract
Published: November 29, 2019 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112916
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2060)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
- 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