vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-6321: tar -- security update
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Nov 1, 2016 | Mar 31, 2017 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 1, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Nov 27, 2024
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
Solution
debian-upgrade-tar

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