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FreeBSD : cabextract -- insecure directory handling (61480a9a-22b2-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37696

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

cabextract has insufficient checks for file names that contain ../.
This can cause files to be extracted to the parent directory.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?399b6d36

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c2918a8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37696

File Name: freebsd_pkg_61480a9a22b211d9814e0001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:cabextract, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0916