[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201101-04 ] aria2: Directory traversal

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201101-04

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: aria2: Directory traversal

Date: January 15, 2011

Bugs: #320975

ID: 201101-04

 

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Synopsis

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A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in aria2.

 

Background

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aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading

with HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent support.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-misc/aria2 < 1.9.3 >= 1.9.3

 

Description

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A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in aria2.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to download from a specially

crafted metalink file, resulting in the creation of arbitrary files.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All aria2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/aria2-1.9.3"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1512

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1512

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-04.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5