Gentoo: 200307-02 Critical: Unzip Directory Traversal Exploit
gentoo
July 11, 2003
By inserting invalid characters between ".." attackers can overwritearbitrary files.
Summary
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By inserting invalid characters between ".." attackers can overwrite arbitrary files.
Read the full advisory at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105259038503175
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running app-arch/unzip upgrade to unzip-5.50-r2 as follows
emerge sync emerge unzip emerge clean
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PACKAGE : unzip
SUMMARY : directory traversal vulnerability
DATE : 2003-07-11 13:54 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =unzip-5.50-r2
CVE : 2003-0282
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