Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package file-roller  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-FILEROLLER-619942
  • published26 Sept 2016
  • disclosed26 Sept 2016

Introduced: 26 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-7162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

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 Ubuntu.

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.