Link following in p7zip - CVE-2015-1038
Published: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33137
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1038
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application follows symlinks when extracting files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted archive, trick the victim into opening it and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
p7zip
Fedora
p7zip
Fedora
p7zip
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1038
Install updates from vendor's website.
p7zip - update to 9.38
p7zip - addressed in versions 15.09-3.fc23, 15.09-4.el7, 15.09-4.fc22, 15.09-4.fc23, 15.09-9.el6, 15.09-9.el7
p7zip - addressed in versions 15.09-3.fc23, 15.09-4.el7, 15.09-4.fc22, 15.09-4.fc23, 15.09-9.el6, 15.09-9.el7
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3289
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71890
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774660
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179505
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99970