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FreeBSD : cabextract -- directory traversal with UTF-8 symbols in filenames (cfb12f02-06e1-11e5-8fda-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83943

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Cabextract ChangeLog reports :

It was possible for cabinet files to extract to absolute file locations, and it was possible on Cygwin to get around cabextract's absolute and relative path protections by using backslashes.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.cabextract.org.uk/#changes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3

http://www.nessus.org/u?9cafcecf

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83943

File Name: freebsd_pkg_cfb12f0206e111e58fda002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 6/2/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:cabextract, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2060