GLSA 201101-04: aria2: Directory traversal

Severity:normal
Title:aria2: Directory traversal
Date:01/15/2011
Bugs: #320975
ID:201101-04

Synopsis

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in aria2.

Background

aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading with HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent support.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-misc/aria2 < 1.9.3 >= 1.9.3 All supported architectures

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in aria2.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to download from a specially crafted metalink file, resulting in the creation of arbitrary files.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All aria2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/aria2-1.9.3"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-04.xml

Concerns?

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License

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