vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3132-1 (CVE-2016-6321): tar vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 21, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Nov 21, 2016
Added
Nov 21, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-tar
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