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Package        : unrar-free
Version        : 1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2+deb7u1
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-14120
Debian Bug     : #874059

It was discovered that there was a directory traversal vulnerability in
unrar-free, a unarchiver for .rar files, where pathnames of the form
"../filename" were unpacked into the parent directory.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in unrar-free version
1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unrar-free packages.


Regards,

- -- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Debian LTS: DLA-1091-1: unrar-free security update

September 7, 2017
It was discovered that there was a directory traversal vulnerability in unrar-free, a unarchiver for .rar files, where pathnames of the form "../filename" were unpacked into the pa...

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in unrar-free version
1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unrar-free packages.


Regards,

- --
,''`.
: :' : Chris Lamb
`. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
`-



Severity
Package : unrar-free
Version : 1:0.0.1+cvs20071127-2+deb7u1
CVE ID : CVE-2017-14120
Debian Bug : #874059

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