CVE-2018-10860

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-10860  

It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while extracting zip files. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the perl interpreter.

It was found that the Archive::Zip module did not properly sanitize paths while extracting zip files. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing could use this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the perl interpreter.

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CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-perl520-perl-Archive-Tar Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-perl524-perl-Archive-Tar Affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-perl526-perl-Archive-Tar Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Archive-Zip Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-Archive-Zip Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 perl-Archive-Zip Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Doran Moppert (Red Hat).