PT-2015-4716 · Arj+1 · Arj Archiver+1

Jakub Wilk · Published 2015-04-06 · Updated 2022-11-13 · CVE-2015-0556

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open-source ARJ archiver version 3.10.22

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.

Recommendations For version 3.10.22, consider avoiding the use of ARJ archives from untrusted sources until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the ARJ archiver to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2889

ALT-PU-2022-2941

ALT-PU-2022-3067

CVE-2015-0556

DLA-188-1

DSA-3213-1

MGASA-2015-0150

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Arj Archiver

References · 30

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774434 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5 · Exploit
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0150.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0557 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-2889 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0556 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0556 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2782 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2022-3067 · Vendor Advisory