Directory Traversal Affecting file-roller package, versions <0:3.28.1-3.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FILEROLLER-3887329
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Apr 2020

Introduced: 12 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11736  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 file-roller to version 0:3.28.1-3.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4820.

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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1