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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-16680: ELSA-2020-4820: file-roller security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-16680: ELSA-2020-4820: file-roller security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/14/2018
Created
11/17/2020
Added
11/14/2020
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction. A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in the file-roller (Archive Manager for GNOME) in the way file paths with special characters are sanitized. Archives containing the sequence of characters "../" in a file path may be vulnerable to this flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted archive with a file inside one or more sub-directories. When opened by a victim, the file-roller would extract the file in the current working directory instead of a sub-directory, as it may be expected by inspecting the archive.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-file-roller

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