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Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[GLSA-200502-32] UnAce: Buffer overflow and directory traversal vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
UnAce: Buffer overflow and directory traversal vulnerabilities
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-32
(UnAce: Buffer overflow and directory traversal vulnerabilities)
Ulf Harnhammar discovered that UnAce suffers from buffer overflows
when testing, unpacking or listing specially crafted ACE archives
(CVE-2005-0160). He also found out that UnAce is vulnerable to
directory traversal attacks, if an archive contains "./.." sequences or
absolute filenames (CVE-2005-0161).
Impact
A possible hacker could exploit the buffer overflows to execute
malicious code or the directory traversals to overwrite arbitrary
files.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0160
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0161
Solution:
All UnAce users should upgrade to the latest available 1.2
version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/unace-1.2b-r1"
Threat Level: Medium
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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