1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200506-03 / dzip |
| Release Date | June 06, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | May 22, 2006: 02 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| 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.
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.
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" |