Directory Traversal Affecting poco package, versions <1.3.6p1-4+deb7u1build1
Threat Intelligence
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- published3 Jan 2018
- disclosed3 Jan 2018
Introduced: 3 Jan 2018
CVE-2017-1000472 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 poco to version 1.3.6p1-4+deb7u1build1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poco package and not the poco package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
The ZipCommon::isValidPath() function in Zip/src/ZipCommon.cpp in POCO C++ Libraries before 1.8 does not properly restrict the filename value in the ZIP header, which allows attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks during the ZIP decompression, and possibly create or overwrite arbitrary files, via a crafted ZIP file, related to a "file path injection vulnerability".