CVE-2015-0552
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.4-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.4-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.4-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.4-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.4-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | gcab | 0.4 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62310
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774580
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0552
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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