CVE-2015-4035: Input Validation
First published: Wed May 20 2015(Updated: )
It was found that xzgrep did not correctly process file names containing a semicolon. A local attacker able to trick a user to run xzgrep on a specially crafted file could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user running xzgrep. $ touch /tmp/semi\;colon $ xzgrep anystring /tmp/semi\;colon xz: /tmp/semi: No such file or directory /usr/bin/xzgrep: line 199: colon: command not found Additional details: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/xz | <5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
| redhat/xz | <5.2.0 | 5.2.0 |
| Tukaani XZ | <=4.999.9 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/13
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223341
- https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24
- https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24
- http://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-4035
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