Gentoo: GLSA-201401-15 Normal: unzip Local Privilege Escalation Flaw
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December 14, 2013
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cabextract, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cabextract. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All cabextract users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/cabextract-1.3"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 03, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since August 03, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2800 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-2800 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2801 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-2801
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201312-09
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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.
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Severity: Normal
Title: cabextract: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 14, 2013
Bugs: #329891
ID: 201312-09
Background
cabextract is free software for extracting Microsoft cabinet files.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-arch/cabextract < 1.3 >= 1.3
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted
archive in a .cab file, related to the libmspack library, potentially
resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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