Directory Traversal Affecting file_roller package, versions [,3.29.91)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.13% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FILEROLLER-3023053
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade file_roller to version 3.29.91 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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