cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2060
Reference (s):
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
- http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3