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CVE-2004-0916

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Entered Topic
2004-10-20 cabextract -- insecure directory handling

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CVE-2004-0916 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-0916
Phase Assigned(20040927)

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

References

Source Reference
DEBIAN DSA-574
CONFIRM http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php#changes
SECUNIA 12882
BID 11460
XF cabextract-directory-traversal(17766)

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