MGASA-2023-0107 - Updated unarj packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 24 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0107.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2004-0947,
     CVE-2004-1027

Buffer overflow in unarj before 2.63a-r2 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via an arj archive that contains long filenames.
(CVE-2004-0947)
Directory traversal vulnerability in the -x (extract) command line option
in unarj allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an arj
archive with filenames that contain .. (dot dot) sequences. (CVE-2004-1027)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31546
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0947
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1027

SRPMS:
- 8/tainted/unarj-2.65-6.1.mga8.tainted

Mageia 2023-0107: unarj security update

Buffer overflow in unarj before 2.63a-r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an arj archive that contains long filenames

Summary

Buffer overflow in unarj before 2.63a-r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an arj archive that contains long filenames. (CVE-2004-0947) Directory traversal vulnerability in the -x (extract) command line option in unarj allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an arj archive with filenames that contain .. (dot dot) sequences. (CVE-2004-1027)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31546

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0947

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1027

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0107 - Updated unarj packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/tainted/unarj-2.65-6.1.mga8.tainted

Severity
Publication date: 24 Mar 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0107.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2004-0947, CVE-2004-1027

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