# CVE-2010-1512: Directory traversal vulnerability in aria2 before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-05-17 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in aria2 before 1.9.3 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511280/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40142
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041758.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39872
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0116
- http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/aria2/stable/aria2-1.9.3/NEWS
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041754.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041753.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/64592
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1229
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42906
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39529
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:106
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2047
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1228
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-71/

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