Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201609-5
========================================
Severity: Medium
Date	: 2016-09-09
CVE-ID	: CVE-2016-7162
Package : file-roller
Type	: directory traversal
Remote	: No
Link	: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
======
The package file-roller before version 3.20.3-1 is vulnerable to
directory traversal.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.20.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "file-roller>=3.20.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.20.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
File Roller was affected by a directory traversal bug that could result
in deleted files if a user were tricked into opening a malicious archive.

Impact
=====
An attacker is able to create a specially crafted archive that results
in deleted files if a user were tricked into opening it.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7162
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/436

ArchLinux: 201609-5: file-roller: multiple issues

September 9, 2016

Summary

File Roller was affected by a directory traversal bug that could result in deleted files if a user were tricked into opening a malicious archive.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.20.3-1. # pacman -Syu "file-roller>=3.20.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.20.3.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7162 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/436

Severity
Package : file-roller
Type : directory traversal
Remote : No
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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