CVE - CVE-2016-6321

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6321	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20161026 [CSS] POINTYFEATHER / tar extract pathname bypass (CVE-2016-6321) URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 MISC:20161030 [CSS] POINTYFEATHER / tar extract pathname bypass (CVE-2016-6321) - patch update URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 MISC:93937 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 MISC:DSA-3702 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702 MISC:GLSA-201611-19 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19 MISC:USN-3132-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1 MISC:[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E MISC:[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 URL:https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E MISC:[bug-tar] 20161029 Re: [Bug-tar] possible fixes for CVE-2016-6321 URL:http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html MISC:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d URL:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html URL:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html MISC:https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt URL:https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20160726	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160726)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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