Security readout for executives and security teams
ARC 5.21q can mishandle archive entries that contain full pathnames, creating a path traversal risk during extraction. In business terms, an unsafe archive could place files outside the intended folder. The source bundle does not provide severity scoring, confirmed affected distributions beyond references, or evidence of active exploitation. Exposure is most likely where ARC 5.21q or distro-packaged ARC tools are installed and used to extract archives, especially automated processing of untrusted uploads, email attachments, or legacy archive collections. Treat this as a targeted legacy-utility risk, not a broad emergency based on the provided evidence. Prioritize environments that automatically unpack external archives or run ARC extraction with elevated privileges. Mitigation focus: Check vendor or distribution guidance for ARC package updates or removal.; Avoid extracting untrusted ARC archives until guidance is applied.; Constrain archive extraction to low-privilege, isolated temporary locations..
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- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179142CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.debian.org/774527CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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