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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-12 Moderate: Curl Security Vulnerability Exploitation

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Calendar Grey January 15, 2011
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Aria2 encounters a vulnerability related to directory traversal, posing a threat to users. Update promptly to reduce risks. Explore resolutions in the Gentoo advisory.
A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in aria2.

Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in aria2.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo directory traversal remote threat normal aria2

Resolution

All aria2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/aria2-1.9.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1512 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1512

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201101-04
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: aria2: Directory traversal
Date: January 15, 2011
Bugs: #320975
ID: 201101-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue gentoo directory traversal remote threat normal aria2

Synopsis

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in aria2.

Background

aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading with HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent support.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/aria2 < 1.9.3 >= 1.9.3

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to download from a specially crafted metalink file, resulting in the creation of arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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