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SUSE: 2018:2388-1 Moderate: perl-Archive-Zip Directory Traversal Issue

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Calendar Grey August 16, 2018
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Notice regarding perl-Archive-Zip addressing a moderate security concern on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Installation is recommended.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-perl-Archive-Zip-13734=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): perl-Archive-Zip-1.24-4.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update directory traversal SUSE SUSE Linux Server perl-Archive-Zip

References

#1099497

Cross- CVE-2018-10860

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099497

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2388-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update directory traversal SUSE SUSE Linux Server perl-Archive-Zip

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