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CVE-2018-1002200

Publication date 25 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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'.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that plexus-archiver incorectly handled directory traversal during extraction. An attacker could possibly use this for a Zip-Slip attack.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
plexus-archiver 23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2-1+deb8u1build14.04.1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
plexus-archiver

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4832-1
    • Plexus Archiver vulnerability
    • 15 March 2021

Other references