Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 1, 2017
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified