| Name | CVE-2017-12938 |
| Description | UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | ELA-921-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| unrar-nonfree (PTS) | jessie/non-free | 1:5.2.7-0.1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch/non-free | 1:5.6.6-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster/non-free (security), buster/non-free | 1:5.6.6-1+deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye/non-free | 1:6.0.3-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm/non-free | 1:6.2.6-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie/non-free, sid/non-free | 1:7.1.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - unrar-nonfree <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[jessie] - unrar-nonfree <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
[wheezy] - unrar-nonfree <no-dsa> (Non-free not supported)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/18/2