high7.5
CVE-2016-10173
archive-tar-minitar and minitar vulnerable to Path Traversal
Impact
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a `..` (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | archive-tar-minitar | < 0.5.2 | 0.5.2 |
| rubygems | minitar | < 0.6 | 0.6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Minitar | Archive-Tar-Minitar | through 0.5.2 |
| Minitar | Minitar | through 0.5.4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10173
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170214020917/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207111726/https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173