PT-2006-4073 · Chmlib · Chmlib

Published 2006-06-23 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-3178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CHM Lib (chmlib) versions prior to 0.38

Description The issue concerns a directory traversal vulnerability in the extract chmLib example program. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using a CHM archive that contains files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.38, update to version 0.38 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-3178

DSA-1144-1

Affected Products

Chmlib

References · 13

• http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3178 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20734 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3178 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18511 · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/26636 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016343 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2430 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27278 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21406 · Note