9522 : LHA Directory Shell Metacharacter Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-09-02

Description

LHA contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary commands. The issue exists because LHA doesn't properly filter directory names that contain shell meta characters. It is possible that the flaw may allow an attacker to use specially crafted directory names to execute arbitrary commands resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

Mr. S.K.

LHA

1.14

References

Bugtraq ID: 11093
Secunia Advisory ID: 12435 12437 12494 12496
CVE ID: 2004-0745 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 9519 9520 9521
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126740
Other Advisory URL: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-323.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-13.xml
Vendor URL: http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix/

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Lukasz Wojtow -
Thomas Biege - thomassuse.de - SUSE

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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