Directory Traversal Affecting busybox package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-BUSYBOX-1331013
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Oct 2015

Introduced: 20 Oct 2015

CVE-2011-5325  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 busybox.

NVD Description

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

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

CVSS Scores

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