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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-5546
2015-04-05 11:01:36
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Name        : arj
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 3.10.22
Release     : 22.fc20
URL         : https://arj.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : Archiver for .arj files
Description :
This package is an open source version of the arj archiver. It has
been created with the intent to preserve maximum compatibility and
retain the feature set of original ARJ archiver as provided by ARJ
Software, Inc.

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Update Information:

- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180)
- Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824)
- Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824)
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Apr  3 2015 Robert Scheck  3.10.22-22
- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a
  buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180)
- Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824)
- Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via
  //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824)
* Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas  - 3.10.22-21
- Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change
  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code
* Fri Aug 15 2014 Fedora Release Engineering  - 3.10.22-20
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild
* Sat Jun  7 2014 Fedora Release Engineering  - 3.10.22-19
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild
* Sun Oct 20 2013 Robert Scheck  3.10.22-18
- Replaced compressed Debian patch file by regular patches
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1178824 - CVE-2015-0556 CVE-2015-0557 arj: two directory traversal flaws
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178824
  [ 2 ] Bug #1207180 - CVE-2015-2782 arj: free on invalid pointer due to to buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207180
  [ 3 ] Bug #1196751 - arj: buffer overflow write access initiated by a size read from a crafted archive
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196751
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use
su -c 'yum update arj' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at .

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Fedora 20: arj Security Update

April 13, 2015
- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180) - Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824) - Adde...

Summary

This package is an open source version of the arj archiver. It has

been created with the intent to preserve maximum compatibility and

retain the feature set of original ARJ archiver as provided by ARJ

Software, Inc.

Update Information:

- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180) - Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824) - Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824)

Change Log

* Fri Apr 3 2015 Robert Scheck 3.10.22-22 - Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180) - Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824) - Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824) * Sat Feb 21 2015 Till Maas - 3.10.22-21 - Rebuilt for Fedora 23 Change https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Harden_all_packages_with_position-independent_code * Fri Aug 15 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.10.22-20 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_22_Mass_Rebuild * Sat Jun 7 2014 Fedora Release Engineering - 3.10.22-19 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_21_Mass_Rebuild * Sun Oct 20 2013 Robert Scheck 3.10.22-18 - Replaced compressed Debian patch file by regular patches

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1178824 - CVE-2015-0556 CVE-2015-0557 arj: two directory traversal flaws https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178824 [ 2 ] Bug #1207180 - CVE-2015-2782 arj: free on invalid pointer due to to buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207180 [ 3 ] Bug #1196751 - arj: buffer overflow write access initiated by a size read from a crafted archive https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196751

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update arj' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

Severity
Name : arj
Product : Fedora 20
Version : 3.10.22
Release : 22.fc20
URL : https://arj.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Archiver for .arj files

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