Directory Traversal Affecting arj package, versions <3.10.22-10+deb7u1build0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.92% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-ARJ-288151
  • published8 Apr 2015
  • disclosed8 Apr 2015

Introduced: 8 Apr 2015

CVE-2015-0557  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 arj to version 3.10.22-10+deb7u1build0.12.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream arj package and not the arj package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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