CVE-2020-36241

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36241
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-05 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:22:00 UTC
Descriptionautoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, 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 to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Gnome Gnome-autoar All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GNOME Autoar: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 202105-10) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE-2020-36241: A malicious archive allows Directory Traversal during extraction (#7) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-autoar · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: glib2-2.67.6-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
AutoarExtractor: Do not extract files outside the destination dir (adb067e6) · Commits · GNOME / gnome-autoar · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: glib2-2.67.6-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159499 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for GNOME (ELSA-2021-4381)
  • 239811 Red Hat Update for gnome security (RHSA-2021:4381)
  • 281465 Fedora Security Update for adwaita (FEDORA-2021-303f6623fa)
  • 296067 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 33.94.0 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 501564 Alpine Linux Security Update for gnome-autoar
  • 710105 Gentoo Linux GNOME Autoar User-assisted execution of arbitrary code vulnerability (GLSA 202105-10)
  • 750327 OpenSUSE Security Update for gnome-autoar (openSUSE-SU-2021:0390-1)
  • 940070 AlmaLinux Security Update for GNOME (ALSA-2021:4381)
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