Input validation error in UnRar - CVE-2024-33899
Published: June 13, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92077
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-33899
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
UnRar
UnRar
Software vendor:
RARLAB
RARLAB
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service or spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of ANSI escape sequences within the CLI interface. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input via CLI and spoof the archive output or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects Linux and Unix installations only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.