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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200506-03 ] Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability (GLSA 200506-03)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: June 06, 2005
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #93079
ID: 200506-03
Synopsis
Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.
Background
Dzip is a compressor and uncompressor especially made for demo recordings of id's Quake.
Affected Packages
Package: games-util/dzip
Vulnerable: < 2.9-r1
Unaffected: >= 2.9-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack when extracting archives.
Impact
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted archive to extract files to arbitrary locations.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Dzip users should upgrade to the latest available version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-utils/dzip-2.9-r1" |
References
CVE-2005-1874
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