CVE-2016-6321
high · 7.5Directory 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.
7.5
CVSS
15.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2016-12-09
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- 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
- 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
Query this programmatically:
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