Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package unrar-nonfree  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-UNRARNONFREE-340306
  • published18 Aug 2017
  • disclosed18 Aug 2017

Introduced: 18 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unrar-nonfree package and not the unrar-nonfree package as distributed by Ubuntu.

UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.