vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-10173: Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar: Directory traversal

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 1, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

A remote attacker could entice a user or an automated system to process
a specially crafted archive using Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar possibly
allowing the writing of arbitrary files with the privileges of the
process.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-ruby-archive-tar-minitar
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