CVE-2016-6321 (GCVE-0-2016-6321)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-09 22:00 – Updated: 2025-08-06 21:12
VLAI
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-06 20:54 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1082 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-10-26 00:00
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