Bug 1179126 (CVE-2015-0552)

Summary:	CVE-2015-0552 gcab: directory traversal flaw
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Martin Prpič 2015-01-06 09:45:09 UTC

It was found that gcab did not correctly filter leading slashes from paths in CAB files, leading to a directory traversal flaw.

Upstream report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331
Upstream patch: https://bug742331.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=293730
CVE request and assignment: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/54

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-01-06 09:47:07 UTC

Created gcab tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1179127]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2015-05-30 15:57:24 UTC

gcab-0.4-7.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.