ubuntu-cve-2019-16680
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-09-21 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:45
Summary
Details

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "file-roller",
            "binary_version": "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "file-roller",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.16.4-1ubuntu3",
        "3.16.5-0ubuntu1",
        "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.1",
        "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "file-roller",
            "binary_version": "3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "file-roller",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.26.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.26.2-0ubuntu1",
        "3.26.2-3ubuntu1",
        "3.28.0-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16680",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:36Z",
  "published": "2019-09-21T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-16680"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4139-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-16680"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4139-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-16680"
  ]
}



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