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From: Thierry Carrez <koon@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200506-03 ] Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:22:29
Message-Id: 42A47851.9010007@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability
9 Date: June 06, 2005
10 Bugs: #93079
11 ID: 200506-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.
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20 Background
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23 Dzip is a compressor and uncompressor especially made for demo
24 recordings of id's Quake.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 games-util/dzip < 2.9-r1 >= 2.9-r1
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34 Description
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37 Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack when extracting
38 archives.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially
44 crafted archive to extract files to arbitrary locations.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All Dzip users should upgrade to the latest available version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-utils/dzip-2.9-r1"
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59 Availability
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62 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
63 the Gentoo Security Website:
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65 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-03.xml
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67 Concerns?
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70 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
71 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
72 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
73 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
74 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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76 License
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79 Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
80 belongs to its owner(s).
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82 The contents of this document are licensed under the
83 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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85 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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