CVE-2021-28650
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CVE-2021-28650 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Gnome-Autoar | < 0.3.1 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 34 |
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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