CVE-2016-10173

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.
Path Traversal
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 88%
VendorProductVersion
minitararchive-tar-minitar
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≤ 0.5.2
minitarminitar
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≤ 0.5.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ruby-minitar
sid
0.9-1
fixed
trixie
0.9-1
fixed
bookworm
0.9-1
fixed
bullseye
0.9-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ruby-archive-tar-minitar
cosmic
dne
bionic
dne
artful
dne
zesty
dne
yakkety
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
Fixed 0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
released
precise
Fixed 0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.12.04.1
released
ruby-minitar
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
Fixed 0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1
released
trusty
dne
precise
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
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/2017/01/24/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32