Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201903-7
========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2019-03-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-9686
Package : pacman
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-921

Summary
======
The package pacman before version 5.1.3-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 5.1.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "pacman>=5.1.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 5.1.3.

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

Description
==========
pacman prior to version 5.1.3 allows directory traversal when
installing a remote package via a specified URL "pacman -U " due
to an unsanitized file name received from a Content-Disposition header.
pacman renames the downloaded package file to match the name given in
this header. However, pacman did not sanitize this name, which may
contain slashes, before calling rename(). A malicious server (or a
network MitM if downloading over HTTP) can send a Content-Disposition
header to make pacman place the file anywhere in the filesystem,
potentially leading to arbitrary root code execution. Notably, this
bypasses pacman's package signature checking. This occurs in
curl_download_internal in lib/libalpm/dload.c.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker in the position of man-in-the-middle or a malicious
server is able to execute arbitrary code as root when a user installs a
remote package via a specified URL.

References
=========
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups;id=1bf767234363f7ad5933af3f7ce267c123017bde
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-9686

ArchLinux: 201903-7: pacman: arbitrary code execution

March 11, 2019

Summary

pacman prior to version 5.1.3 allows directory traversal when installing a remote package via a specified URL "pacman -U " due to an unsanitized file name received from a Content-Disposition header. pacman renames the downloaded package file to match the name given in this header. However, pacman did not sanitize this name, which may contain slashes, before calling rename(). A malicious server (or a network MitM if downloading over HTTP) can send a Content-Disposition header to make pacman place the file anywhere in the filesystem, potentially leading to arbitrary root code execution. Notably, this bypasses pacman's package signature checking. This occurs in curl_download_internal in lib/libalpm/dload.c.

Resolution

Upgrade to 5.1.3-1. # pacman -Syu "pacman>=5.1.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 5.1.3.

References

https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups https://gitlab.archlinux.org/explore/groups;id=1bf767234363f7ad5933af3f7ce267c123017bde https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-9686

Severity
Package : pacman
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-921

Workaround

None.

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