Bug 1179126 (CVE-2015-0552) - CVE-2015-0552 gcab: directory traversal flaw
Summary: CVE-2015-0552 gcab: directory traversal flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2015-0552
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1179127
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-01-06 09:45 UTC by Martin Prpič
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-02-23 14:03:04 UTC
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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.
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