CVE-2021-28650

Published: Mar 17, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59

5.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

gnome

oss-project·USaka gnome project, glib

gnome-autoarOn-prem

Consumer Software / file-utility

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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2 techniques

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References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/8109c368c6cfdb593faaf698c2bf5da32bb1ace4

gitlab.gnome.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BN5TVQ7OHZEGY6AGFLAZWCVCI53RYNHQ/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10

security.gentoo.org

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