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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FILEROLLER-3899514
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2019-16680  (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.

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1