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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-0557: ARJ: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-0557: ARJ: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/08/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-arj

References

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