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Red Hat: CVE-2020-11736: CVE-2020-11736 file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-11736: CVE-2020-11736 file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2020
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/05/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller
  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-file-roller-debugsource

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