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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71006
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1276-1 (ark)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to ark
announced via advisory USN-1276-1.

Details:

Tim Brown discovered that Ark did not properly perform input validation
when previewing archive files. If a user were tricked into opening a
crafted archive file, an attacker could remove files via directory
traversal.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
ark 4:4.7.1-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
ark 4:4.6.5-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.10:
ark 4:4.5.5-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
ark 4:4.4.5-0ubuntu1.2

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1276-1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2725
20111007 Medium severity flaw with Ark
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/351
USN-1276-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1276-1
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/105610/Ark-2.16-Directory-Traversal.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708268
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725764
openSUSE-SU-2012:0322
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00002.html
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