Gentoo: GLSA-200801-01 Normal: unp Arbitrary Command Execution
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January 9, 2008
unp allows execution of arbitrary code via malicious file names.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-01
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: unp: Arbitrary command execution
Date: January 09, 2008
Bugs: #203106
ID: 200801-01
Synopsis
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unp allows execution of arbitrary code via malicious file names.
Background
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unp is a script for unpacking various file formats.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-arch/unp < 1.0.14 >= 1.0.14
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Erich Schubert from Debian discovered that unp does not escape file
names properly before passing them to calls of the shell.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to unpack a
compressed archive wi...
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