CVE-2020-36241
Published: 5 February 2021
autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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gnome-autoar Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1)
|
focal |
Released
(0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1)
|
|
groovy |
Released
(0.2.4-2ubuntu0.1)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
Patches: upstream: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |