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Guru3D.com » News » Big Vulnerability hits 7-Zip file archiver - gets patched - Download v18.05

Big Vulnerability hits 7-Zip file archiver - gets patched - Download v18.05

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/03/2018 08:00 AM | source: | 16 comment(s)
Big Vulnerability hits 7-Zip file archiver - gets patched - Download v18.05

If you use, you can and should download v18.05 of the popular 7-Zip file archiver. The free to use WinZip replacement has a very critical vulnerability for which all it needed was a specially prepped RAR file. 

This has been addressed with the release of has been fixed with v18.05, I am highlighting this new v18.05 release this much as this is a pretty bad one as it allows remote execution, based on just a RAR file. The security researcher (landave.io) who discovered the vulnerability informed the developer of 7-Zip on the 6th of March this year. it has patched with the release of 7-Zip 18.05, which not only fixes the vulnerability but also adds ASLR security measures.

7-Zip is one of the most popular archivers available on the web, downloaded nearly 450 million times from Sourceforge alone. All users of 7-Zip are advised to update the software to the latest version, I've made a local mirror on Guru3D, which can be downloaded from here.
 

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Big Vulnerability hits 7-Zip file archiver - gets patched - Download v18.05




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Robbo9999
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#5543412 Posted on: 05/03/2018 11:09 AM
Thanks, downloaded & installed!

386SX
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#5543430 Posted on: 05/03/2018 11:46 AM
I understand that but a notification prompting user to go to the website and download the new version is the bare minimum for security. This is bad.


I agree with you with notifications, for any standard user this would be optimal and saves me a lot of work at friends or family. :-)

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#5543483 Posted on: 05/03/2018 02:14 PM
THX for letting us know, 7z is must for anyone.

Amx85
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#5543484 Posted on: 05/03/2018 02:16 PM
Ohh

H.H. please use this version to bench CPU, Ígor Pávlov is always working to improve 7-zip

greetings

RzrTrek
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#5543511 Posted on: 05/03/2018 03:20 PM
I'm glad it was dealt with as quickly as they did.

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