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GLSA-200506-03 : Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18426

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-03 (Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability)

 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.

Solution

All Dzip users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=games-utils/dzip-2.9-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200506-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18426

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/7/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dzip, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1874

GLSA: 200506-03