TITLE:
cabextract Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12882

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12882/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
cabextract 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/4082/
cabextract 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4083/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in cabextract, which potentially
can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files on a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA12816

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.
http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php#changes

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12816:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12816/

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