| Name | CVE-2015-2060 |
| Description | cabextract 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 778753 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cabextract (PTS) | buster | 1.9-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bullseye | 1.9-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.11-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cabextract | source | (unstable) | 1.6-1 | | | 778753 |
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