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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-5524
2015-04-04 15:18:26
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Name        : arj
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 3.10.22
Release     : 22.fc22
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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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 #1196751 - arj: buffer overflow write access initiated by a size read from a crafted archive
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196751
  [ 3 ] Bug #1207180 - CVE-2015-2782 arj: free on invalid pointer due to to buffer overflow
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207180
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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 .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 22: arj Security Update

April 21, 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

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

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 22
Version : 3.10.22
Release : 22.fc22
URL : https://arj.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Archiver for .arj files

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