CVE-2015-0557
N/A
Published: April 8, 2015 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraArj Archiver
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 3.10.22
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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