Directory Traversal Affecting webkit2gtk3 package, versions <0:2.32.3-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-WEBKIT2GTK3-4159133
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed6 Nov 2020

Introduced: 6 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-36241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 webkit2gtk3 to version 0:2.32.3-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4381.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream webkit2gtk3 package and not the webkit2gtk3 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, 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

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