An unrar-free security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 Extended LTS to address a directory traversal vulnerability.

ELA-368-1 unrar-free security update

Package unrar-free
Version 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-1+deb8u1
Related CVEs CVE-2017-14120 CVE-2017-14121 CVE-2017-14122

Several issues have been found in unrar-free, an unarchiver for .rar files. CVE-2017-14120 is related to a directory traversal vulnerability for RAR v2 archives. CVE-2017-14121 is related to NULL pointer dereference flaw triggered by a specially crafted RAR archive. CVE-2017-14122 is related to stack-based buffer over-read.

For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unrar-free packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/

  ELA-368-1 unrar-free security update