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Red Hat: CVE-2019-16680: Moderate: file-roller security update (RHSA-2020:4820)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-16680: Moderate: file-roller security update (RHSA-2020:4820)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/21/2019
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/05/2020
Modified
05/26/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller
  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller-debugsource

References

  • DSA-4537
  • CVE-2019-16680

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