USN-7349-1: RAR vulnerabilities

12 March 2025

Several security issues were fixed in RAR.

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Releases

Packages

  • rar - Archiver for .rar files

Details

It was discovered that RAR incorrectly handled certain paths. If a user or
automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted RAR
archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary
files outside of the targeted directory. (CVE-2022-30333)

It was discovered that RAR incorrectly handled certain recovery volumes. If
a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted
RAR archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40477)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

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