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A vulnerability was found in John G. Myers mpack 1.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component munpack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Directory traversal vulnerability in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to create new files in the parent directory via a ../ (dot-dot) sequence in the filename to be extracted.
The weakness was disclosed 04/11/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1425. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14978 (Debian DSA-141-1 : mpack - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (14978). The entry 20346 is pretty similar.
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Nessus ID: 14978
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-141-1 : mpack - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 53403
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 141-1 (mpack)
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2002-1425 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 5386 - John G. Myers MPack/MUnpack Malformed Filename Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/08/2014 13:00Updated: 06/13/2018 09:31
Changes: 08/08/2014 13:00 (55), 06/13/2018 09:31 (8)
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