Dzip: Directory traversal vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
games-util/dzip	< 2.9-r1	>= 2.9-r1	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #93079

Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

2. Impact Information

Dzip is a compressor and uncompressor especially made for demo recordings of id's Quake.

Dzip is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack when extracting archives.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted archive to extract files to arbitrary locations.

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Dzip users should upgrade to the latest available version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=games-utils/dzip-2.9-r1"

4. References

Updated June 06, 2005

Summary: This is a Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

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