A vulnerability has been identified in Abakt, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling a malicious ZIP archive containing a file with an overly long filename, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open a specially crafted ZIP file via the "Restore Zip Archive" functionality.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Tan Chew Keong
ChangeLog
2006-05-15 : Initial release
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