Description

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

Remediation

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1836

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1837

https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/commit/f8f4233508193b70df33759ae9dc6154d69c2ea8

https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-archiver/pull/87

https://github.com/snyk/zip-slip-vulnerability

https://snyk.io/research/zip-slip-vulnerability

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-31680

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CWE-22 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Tags

Third Party Advisory Issue Tracking Patch Exploit