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.

Affected products

Alt Linux, Gnu Tar, Suse, Ubuntu

Gnu Tar

= 1.14, 1.15, 1.15.1, 1.15.90, 1.15.91, 1.16, 1.16.1, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.26, 1.27, 1.27.1, 1.28, 1.29

Fix

Available

CVSS 3.0

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

15.2% (96th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-22

NVD status

Modified

Published

2016-12-09