Directory Traversal Affecting file-roller package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.33% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FILEROLLER-1354217
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed7 Sept 2016

Introduced: 7 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 file-roller.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream file-roller package and not the file-roller package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _g_file_remove_directory function in file-utils.c in File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1