Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the obs-service-extract_file package before 0.3-5.1 in openSUSE Leap 42.1 and before 0.3-3.1 in openSUSE 13.2 allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a service definition, related to executing unzip with "illegal options."
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 12 SP1 | obs-service-source_validator | 0.6+git20160531.fbfe336-5.3 | SUSE-SU-2016:1839-1 |
| SLES 11 SP4 | build | 20171128-8.3.3 | SUSE-SU-2018:0065-1 |
| SLES 11 SP4 | osc | 0.162.1-7.4.1 | SUSE-SU-2018:0065-1 |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2018:0065-1 Fixing security issues on OBS toolchain SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2016:1839-1 Security update for obs-service-source_validator SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0521 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1839 vendor-advisory
- https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/361096
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1660 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1659 vendor-advisory