CVE-2021-28650

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Gnome-autoar

PublishedMar 17, 2021

First seenMar 17, 2021

How to fix

Update

gnome gnome-autoar0.3.1 or later

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 < 0.3.1	0.3.1
fedoraproject fedora	34	—

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