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CVE-2013-4668

N/A

Published: July 18, 2013 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFile Roller

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 4%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in File Roller 3.6.x before 3.6.4, 3.8.x before 3.8.3, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3, when libarchive is used, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a crafted archive that is not properly handled in a "Keep directory structure" action, related to fr-archive-libarchive.c and fr-window.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ubuntu Linux · Canonicalrubygems

95%

File Roller · File Roller Project

95%

3.6.0 ≤ v < 3.6.43.8.0 ≤ v < 3.8.33.9.1 ≤ v < 3.9.3

Affected range stops below 3.6.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.9.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-07/0039.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00095.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/54351

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2013-001.html

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61008

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1906-1

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=b147281293a8307808475e102a14857055f81631

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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