CVE-2016-6321 (GCVE-0-2016-6321)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-12-09 22:00
Modified
2025-08-06 21:12
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.com https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
secalert@redhat.com https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt Third Party Advisory
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