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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-7162: file-roller security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-7162: file-roller security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/26/2016
Created
09/28/2020
Added
09/28/2020
Modified
09/28/2020

Description

The _g_file_remove_directory function in file-utils.c in File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-file-roller
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-file-roller-nautilus

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