TITLE:
ZipGenius Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14123

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14123/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
ZipGenius 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4603/

DESCRIPTION:
Albert Puigsech Galicia has discovered a vulnerability in ZipGenius,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when
extracting compressed archives. This makes it possible to have files
extracted to arbitrary locations outside the specified directory
using the "../" directory traversal sequence.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 5.5. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6 BETA.

Do not extract untrusted archives.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Albert Puigsech Galicia

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.7a69ezine.org/node/view/194

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