Executive Summary

Summary
Titlearia2: Directory traversal
Informations
NameGLSA-201101-04First vendor Publication2011-01-15
VendorGentooLast vendor Modification2011-01-15
Severity (Vendor) NormalRevisionN/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score4.3Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score2.9Attack ComplexityMedium
Cvss Expoit Score8.6AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

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.

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

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1512 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1512

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

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application88

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
64592aria2 metalink name Attribute Traversal Arbitrary File Creation