ARJ: Multiple vulnerabilities

ARJ: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ARJ, the worst of which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. arj 2016-12-06 2016-12-06 535708 541500 local, remote 3.10.22-r5 3.10.22-r5

Open-source implementation of the ARJ archiver.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ARJ. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

An attacker, using a specially crafted ARJ archive, could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All ARJ users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/arj-3.10.22-r5"

CVE-2015-0556 CVE-2015-0557 CVE-2015-2782 whissi whissi