SB2015010603 - Fedora 21 update for gcab
Published: January 6, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015010603
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0552)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by " mpmoo.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.