--- title: "CVE-2015-1589\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1589?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-1589 Publication date 23 February 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Directory traversal vulnerability in arCHMage 0.2.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a CHM file. ### From the Ubuntu Security Team It was discovered that the arCHMage allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | archmage | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected | | 17.10 artful | Not affected | | 17.04 zesty | Not affected | | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected | | 15.10 wily | Not affected | | 15.04 vivid | Not affected | | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:0.2.4-4build0.14.04.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1589) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1589) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1589) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1589) ### Other references * *