5755 : LHA Arbitrary File Access
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
11	263	over 8 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-05-01	2004-05-01

Description

LHA contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system. The issue is due to the program not properly sanitizing user input, specifically traversal style attacks (../../) which will allow a remote attacker to view arbitrary files on the system, resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. Consult your vendor for an appropriate patch.

Products

Mr. S.K.	LHA	1.14d
		1.14e
		1.14f
		1.14g
		1.14h
		1.14i
		1.17

References

Bugtraq ID: 10243
Secunia Advisory ID: 11510 11779
ISS X-Force ID: 16013
CVE ID: 2004-0235 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 5753 5754
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000840
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-515
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/gentoo_advisory-4313.html
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.389726
Mail List Post: http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/020776.html
Vendor URL: http://www.infor.kanazawa-it.ac.jp/~ishii/lhaunix/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2004:178-09

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Ulf Härnhammar - Ulf.Harnhammar.9485student.uu.se -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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