Directory Traversal Affecting rar package, versions <2:5.3.b2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-RAR-5694532
  • published4 Jun 2017
  • disclosed4 Jun 2017

Introduced: 4 Jun 2017

CVE-2014-9983  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 rar to version 2:5.3.b2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rar package and not the rar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an unpack operation follows any symlinks, including symlinks contained in the archive. This allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive.