CVE-2015-2060

NameCVE-2015-2060
Descriptioncabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs778753

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cabextract (PTS)jessie1.4-5vulnerable
stretch1.6-1fixed
buster1.9-1fixed
bullseye, bookworm1.9-3fixed
sid, trixie1.11-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cabextractsource(unstable)1.6-1778753

Notes

[jessie] - cabextract <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - cabextract <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - cabextract <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
Upstream commit: http://sourceforge.net/p/libmspack/code/217
CVE assigned for issue were path traversal occurs because the unpatched
code does neither of the following: 1) checking for slashes after decoding
2) checking for ordinary slashes before decoding and prohibiting overlong
encodings

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