CVE-2016-10173
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10173
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-10173.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-10173
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-01T15:59:00.177Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-02T12:56:33.372394Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16