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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1144-1 (chmlib)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to chmlib announced via advisory DSA 1144-1. It was discovered that one of the utilities shipped with chmlib, a library for dealing with Microsoft CHM files, performs insufficient sanitising of filenames, which might lead to directory traversal.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.38-1. We recommend that you upgrade your chmlib-bin package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201144-1