Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201101-4 - A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in aria2. A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in aria2. Versions less than 1.9.3 are affected.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2010-106 - A vulnerability was discovered in aria2 which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. This update fixes this issue. Packages for 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program.
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Debian Linux Security Advisory 2047-1 - A vulnerability was discovered in aria2, a download client. The "name" attribute of the "file" element of metalink files is not properly sanitised before using it to download files. If a user is tricked into downloading from a specially crafted metalink file, this can be exploited to download files to directories outside of the intended download directory.
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Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in aria2, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to the application not properly sanitising the "name" attribute of the "file" element of metalink files before using it to download files. If a user is tricked into downloading from a specially crafted metalink file, this can be exploited to download files to directories outside of the intended download directory via directory traversal attacks. aria2 version 1.9.1 build2 is affected.
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