CVE-2006-3178 (GCVE-0-2006-3178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-06-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:16
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib (chmlib) before 0.38 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a CHM archive containing files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18511 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016343 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/26636 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2430 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/20734 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1144 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://morte.jedrea.com/~jedwin/projects/chmlib/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/21406 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-06-16 00:00
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