CVE-2015-1038

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-21 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-08 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionp7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application 7-zip P7zip 9.20.1 All All All
Application 7-zip P7zip 9.20.1 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: p7zip-15.09-4.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3289-1 p7zip DEBIAN www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1162-1: moderate: Security update for p7zip SUSE lists.opensuse.org
#774660 - p7zip: CVE-2015-1038: Directory traversal through symlinks - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request for directory traversal flaw in p7zip MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1179505 – CVE-2015-1038 p7zip: directory traversal vulnerability MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking
p7zip Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: p7zip-15.09-4.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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