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.Referenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24http://www.cabextract.org.uk/http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.htmlhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
