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Ubuntu 7350-1: UnRAR Security Advisory Updates

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Security updates for UnRAR on Ubuntu 22.04 and 20.04 fix multiple vulnerabilities reported in March 2025.
Several security issues were fixed in UnRAR.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in UnRAR. Software Description: - unrar-nonfree: Unarchiver for .rar files Details: It was discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled certain paths. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files outside of the targeted directory. (CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2022-48579) It was discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled certain recovery volumes. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40477) Siddharth Dushantha discovered that UnRAR incorrectly handled ANSI escape sequences when writing screen output. If a user or automated system were tricked into processi...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libunrar5 1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1 unrar 1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libunrar5 1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1 unrar 1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7350-1

CVE-2022-30333, CVE-2022-48579, CVE-2023-40477, CVE-2024-33899

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7350-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unrar-nonfree/1:6.1.5-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unrar-nonfree/1:5.6.6-2ubuntu0.1

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