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Debian: CVE-2017-1000026: ruby-mixlib-archive -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-1000026: ruby-mixlib-archive -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." in tar archive entries

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ruby-mixlib-archive

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