Gentoo alert 200307-02 (unzip)

From:
    	     
 
aliz@gentoo.org (Daniel Ahlberg)
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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GLSA:  unzip (200307-02)
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Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:54:05 +0200 (CEST)

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200307-02
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          PACKAGE : unzip
          SUMMARY : directory traversal vulnerability
             DATE : 2003-07-11 13:54 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <unzip-5.50-r2
    FIXED VERSION : >=unzip-5.50-r2
              CVE : 2003-0282

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By inserting invalid characters between ".." attackers can overwrite 
arbitrary files.

Read the full advisory at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105259038503175

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
app-arch/unzip upgrade to unzip-5.50-r2 as follows

emerge sync
emerge unzip
emerge clean

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