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openSUSE: 2018:2438-1 Moderate: perl-Archive-Zip Directory Traversal Fix

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2018
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openSUSE Security Patch for perl-Archive-Zip addresses a notable pathname manipulation vulnerability and enhances file management precautions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for perl-Archive-Zip fixes the following security issue:

- CVE-2018-10860: Prevent directory traversal caused by not properly

sanitizing paths while extracting zip files. An attacker able to provide

a specially crafted archive for processing could have used this flaw to

write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the perl

interpreter (bsc#1099497)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate directory traversal security fix openSUSE perl-Archive-Zip

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-904=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

perl-Archive-Zip-1.60-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10860.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099497

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2438-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate directory traversal security fix openSUSE perl-Archive-Zip

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