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Directory Traversal Affecting tar package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.49% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-TAR-1970441
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 27 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-6321 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tar.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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CVSS Scores

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Red Hat

5.6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low