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php: ZipArchive:: extractTo() Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Published Dec 17, 2008

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the ZipArchive::extractTo function in PHP 5.2.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to write arbitrary files via a ZIP file with a file whose name contains .. (dot dot) sequences.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue did not affect PHP versions as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5, and Red Hat Application Stack v1.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 17, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 17, 2008
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Dec 4, 2008