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  • Do you use RAR? Security

    From MATTHEW MUNSON@VERT/IUTOPIA to All on Sat Mar 16 11:28:00 2019
    Upgrade to 5.70 ASAP

    https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/21/winrar-has-a-critical-security-bug-here-is-the-fix/

    WinRAR has a critical security bug: here is the fix
    by Martin Brinkmann on February 21, 2019 in Security - 33 comments
    WinRAR is a very popular software to create and extract archives on Windows and other
    supported operating systems. Part of its popularity comes from its support for different
    types of packing formats, another that the software's trial version never expires.

    A bug was discovered recently that affects all versions of WinRAR prior to 5.70. The bug,
    a remote code execution vulnerability, affects all WinRAR versions and thus all 500
    million users that use the application.

    Security researchers discovered a flaw in a library that WinRAR uses to extract files from
    archives packed with the ACE format.

    Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by pushing specially prepared archives to user
    systems. The bug can be abused to extract the files into any folder on the system
    instead of the folder selected by the user or the default folder for extracted files.
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  • From Nightfox to MATTHEW MUNSON on Sat Mar 16 19:56:47 2019
    Re: Do you use RAR? Security
    By: MATTHEW MUNSON to All on Sat Mar 16 2019 11:28 am

    Security researchers discovered a flaw in a library that WinRAR uses to extract files from archives packed with the ACE format.

    It has been a very long time since I've extracted any ACE archives, but I suppose it's always good to get a security fix.

    Nightfox
  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to MATTHEW MUNSON on Sun Mar 17 20:56:06 2019
    Re: Do you use RAR? Security
    By: MATTHEW MUNSON to All on Sat Mar 16 2019 11:28 am

    Upgrade to 5.70 ASAP

    https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/21/winrar-has-a-critical-security-bug-here-is -the-fix/

    WinRAR has a critical security bug: here is the fix
    by Martin Brinkmann on February 21, 2019 in Security - 33 comments
    WinRAR is a very popular software to create and extract archives on Windows and other
    supported operating systems. Part of its popularity comes from its support for different


    i think they said this bug isnt that dangerous.
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