Directory Traversal Affecting cabextract package, versions <1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.31% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CABEXTRACT-385831
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed29 Nov 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2015-2060  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 cabextract to version 1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cabextract package and not the cabextract package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1