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[SA28282] unp File Name Handling Command Injection

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 18:27:04 CST

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TITLE:
unp File Name Handling Command Injection

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28282

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28282/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
unp 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/17108/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in unp, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The security issue is caused due to an error when handling certain
file names. This can be exploited to inject and execute shell
commands by e.g. tricking a user or an automated system to run unp on
a file with a specially crafted file name.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.0.14.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.14.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Debian bug by Erich Schubert.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448437

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