CVE-2016-6321

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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt Third Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:55

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d - Issue Tracking, Patch () http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html - Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702 - () http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702 -
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1 -
References () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E - () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E -
References () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E - () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E -
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19 - () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19 -
References () https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt - Third Party Advisory () https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2016-12-09 22:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:55


NVD link : CVE-2016-6321

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6321

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6321


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Products Affected

gnu

  • tar
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')