vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-10173): ruby-minitar vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Feb 1, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 1, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-archive-tar-minitarubuntu-upgrade-ruby-minitar
References
- CVE-2016-10173
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-10173
- CWE-22
- DEBIAN-DSA-3778
- URL-https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021740
- URL-https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
- URL-https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10173
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