csaf_suse - suse-su-2016:2895-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-11-24 07:36 - Updated: 2016-11-24 07:36

Summary

Security update for tar

Notes

Title of the patch

Security update for tar

Description of the patch

This update for tar fixes the following issues: - Fix the POINTYFEATHER vulnerability - GNU tar archiver can be tricked into extracting files and directories in the given destination, regardless of the path name(s) specified on the command line [bsc#1007188] [CVE-2016-6321]

Patchnames

slessp4-tar-12854

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-09 22:00 – Updated: 2025-08-06 21:12

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

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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SUSE-SU-2016:2895-1

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

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature