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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201709-24">
  <title>RAR, UnRAR: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RAR and UnRAR, the
    worst of which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">rar,unrar</product>
  <announced>2017-09-25</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-09-25</revised>
  <bug>622342</bug>
  <bug>628182</bug>
  <bug>628184</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-arch/rar" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.5.0_p20170811</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.5.0_p20170811</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="app-arch/unrar" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">5.5.7</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">5.5.7</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>RAR and UnRAR provide command line interfaces for compressing and
      decompressing RAR files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RAR and UnRAR. Please
      review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted RAR,
      could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process
      or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All RAR users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-arch/rar-5.5.0_p20170811"
    </code>
    
    <p>All UnRAR users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-arch/unrar-5.5.7"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6706">CVE-2012-6706</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12940">
      CVE-2017-12940
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12941">
      CVE-2017-12941
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-12942">
      CVE-2017-12942
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-03T22:15:08Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-09-25T21:49:49Z">chrisadr</metadata>
</glsa>