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Arch Linux: ASA-201609-5 Medium: File-Roller Directory Traversal Issue

Calendar Sep 09, 2016 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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The package file-roller before version 3.20.3-1 is vulnerable to directory traversal. 
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201609-5
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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
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The package file-roller before version 3.20.3-1 is vulnerable to
directory traversal.

Resolution
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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
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None.

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

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