UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9983
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Summary:
Details: Directory Traversal exists in RAR 4.x and 5.x because an unpack operation follows any symlinks, including symlinks contained in the archive. This allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9983, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774172, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9983
Affected packages
Package
Name: rar
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rar@2:5.3.b2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -2:5.3.b2-1
Affected versions
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
None
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Availability
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