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Debian: DLA-3534-1 Critical: RAR Directory Traversal Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey August 17, 2023
Dist Debian Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4940-1 deals with a vulnerability found in ZIP, fixing potential unauthorized file access when unpacking archives.
The RAR archiver allows directory traversal to write to files during an extract (aka unpack) operation, as demonstrated by creating a ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file
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Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
2:6.20-0.1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rar packages.

For the detailed security status of rar please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/rar

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: rar
Version: 2:6.20-0.1~deb10u1
CVE ID: CVE-2022-30333
Debian Bug: 1012228

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