CVE-2020-36241

Medium

Description

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, 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 to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnome-autoar

PublishedFeb 5, 2021

First seenFeb 5, 2021

How to fix

Vendor advisories

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BN5TVQ7OHZEGY6AGFLAZWCVCI53RYNHQ/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gnome gnome-autoar	v ≤ 0.2.4	—
fedoraproject fedora	34	—

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