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Ubuntu: USN-3074-1 (CVE-2016-7162): File Roller vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Sep 8, 2016

Added

Jul 1, 2017

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

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

ubuntu-upgrade-file-roller

References

CVE-2016-7162
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-7162
CWE-20
EUVD-EUVD-2016-8030
NVD-CVE-2016-7162
UBUNTU-USN-3074-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-8030

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