ELA-921-1 unrar-nonfree security update

extraction of files outside destination directory

2023-08-16
Packageunrar-nonfree
Version1:5.6.6-1+deb9u1 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2017-12938 CVE-2017-12940 CVE-2017-12941 CVE-2017-12942 CVE-2017-20006 CVE-2018-25018 CVE-2022-30333 CVE-2022-48579


It was discovered that UnRAR, an unarchiver for rar files, allows extraction of files outside of the destination folder via symlink chains. Programming flaws like heap-based buffer overflows or out-of-bounds reads may also cause a denial of service (application crash) if a malformed rar archive is extracted.



For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:5.6.6-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unrar-nonfree packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.