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WinACE RAR and TAR Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19013
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Release Date:
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2006-02-24
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Last Update:
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2006-03-14
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Critical:
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Less 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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Unpatched
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| Software: | WinAce 2.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-0981 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Hamid Ebadi has discovered a vulnerability in WinACE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when extracting files compressed with RAR (.rar) or TAR (.tar). This makes it possible to have files extracted to arbitrary locations outside the specified directory using the "../" directory traversal sequence.
The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.6. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Do not extract untrusted RAR and TAR files.
To reduce the risk, never extract files as an administrative user.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Hamid Ebadi
Changelog:
2006-03-14: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://hamid.ir/security/winace.txt
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