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WinRAR "Repair Archive" Feature Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13070
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Release Date:
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2004-11-03
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Last Update:
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2005-02-21
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Popularity:
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25,017 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | WinRAR 3.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2004-1495
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Description:
Peter Winter-Smith of NGSSoftware has reported a vulnerability in WinRAR, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "Repair Archive" feature.
Successful exploitation requires that a user is tricked into using the "Repair Archive" feature on a specially crafted archive file.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 3.40 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 3.41.
http://www.rarlabs.com/download.htm
Provided and/or discovered by:
Peter Winter-Smith of NGSSoftware.
Changelog:
2005-02-21: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/winrar.txt
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