Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201612-15 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ARJ, the worst of which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. Versions less than 3.10.22-r5 are affected.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-201 - Jakub Wilk discovered that arj follows symlinks created during unpacking of an arj archive. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform a directory traversal attack if a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted arj archive. Jakub Wilk discovered that arj does not sufficiently protect from directory traversal while unpacking an arj archive containing file paths with multiple leading slashes. A remote attacker could use this flaw to write to arbitrary files if a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted arj archive. Jakub Wilk and Guillem Jover discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in arj. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause an application crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running arj. The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 3213-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in arj, an open source version of the arj archiver.
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