CVE-2016-6321: Path Traversal
First published: Fri Dec 09 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU tar | =1.14 | |
| GNU tar | =1.15 | |
| GNU tar | =1.15.1 | |
| GNU tar | =1.15.90 | |
| GNU tar | =1.15.91 | |
| GNU tar | =1.16 | |
| GNU tar | =1.16.1 | |
| GNU tar | =1.17 | |
| GNU tar | =1.18 | |
| GNU tar | =1.19 | |
| GNU tar | =1.20 | |
| GNU tar | =1.21 | |
| GNU tar | =1.22 | |
| GNU tar | =1.23 | |
| GNU tar | =1.24 | |
| GNU tar | =1.25 | |
| GNU tar | =1.26 | |
| GNU tar | =1.27 | |
| GNU tar | =1.27.1 | |
| GNU tar | =1.28 | |
| GNU tar | =1.29 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/gnu
- canonical/gnu tar
- version/gnu tar/1.14
- version/gnu tar/1.15
- version/gnu tar/1.15.1
- version/gnu tar/1.15.90
- version/gnu tar/1.15.91
- version/gnu tar/1.16
- version/gnu tar/1.16.1
- version/gnu tar/1.17
- version/gnu tar/1.18
- version/gnu tar/1.19
- version/gnu tar/1.20
- version/gnu tar/1.21
- version/gnu tar/1.22
- version/gnu tar/1.23
- version/gnu tar/1.24
- version/gnu tar/1.25
- version/gnu tar/1.26
- version/gnu tar/1.27
- version/gnu tar/1.27.1
- version/gnu tar/1.28
- version/gnu tar/1.29