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CVE-2013-4668

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in File Roller 3.6.x before 3.6.4, 3.8.x before 3.8.3, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3, when libarchive is used, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a crafted archive that is not properly handled in a "Keep directory structure" action, related to fr-archive-libarchive.c and fr-window.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.10, 13.04
• File Roller Project File Roller: from 3.6.0 before 3.6.4; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.3; from 3.9.1 before 3.9.3 — fixed in 3.6.4, 3.8.3, 3.9.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: File Roller Project File Roller 3.6.4, 3.8.3, 3.9.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-07/0039.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00095.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54351
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2013-001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61008
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1906-1
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=b147281293a8307808475e102a14857055f81631
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-07/0039.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00095.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/54351
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2013-001.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61008

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