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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4300-1 (libarchive-zip-perl - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
It was discovered that Archive::Zip, a perl module for manipulation of ZIP archives, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libarchive-zip-perl on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.59-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive-zip-perl packages. For the detailed security status of libarchive-zip-perl please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.