CVE-2016-6321
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6321
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6321.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6321
- Downstream
ALPINE (1)
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-09T22:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-18T02:45:20Z
- 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 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
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html
Affected packages
Git / http.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git/
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- http://http.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/tar.git/
- Events
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Introduced95256b3c07fecbacbefbf61d45b2e0634cda42ccLast Affected20b55f0679d314568ec21ae6db1ea635494e292b
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.14" }, { "last_affected": "1.14" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.15" }, { "last_affected": "1.15" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.15.1" }, { "last_affected": "1.15.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.15.90" }, { "last_affected": "1.15.90" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.15.91" }, { "last_affected": "1.15.91" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.16" }, { "last_affected": "1.16" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.16.1" }, { "last_affected": "1.16.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.17" }, { "last_affected": "1.17" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.18" }, { "last_affected": "1.18" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.19" }, { "last_affected": "1.19" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.20" }, { "last_affected": "1.20" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.21" }, { "last_affected": "1.21" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.22" }, { "last_affected": "1.22" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.23" }, { "last_affected": "1.23" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.24" }, { "last_affected": "1.24" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.25" }, { "last_affected": "1.25" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.26" }, { "last_affected": "1.26" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.27" }, { "last_affected": "1.27" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.27.1" }, { "last_affected": "1.27.1" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.28" }, { "last_affected": "1.28" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "range": [ { "introduced": "1.29" }, { "last_affected": "1.29" } ], "source": "CPE_STRING" } ] }
Affected versions
1.*
1.14
1.15
1.15.1
1.15.90
1.15.91
1.16
1.16.1
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.22
1.23
1.24
1.25
1.26
1.27
1.27.1
1.28
1.29
Other
alpha_1_15_90
alpha_1_15_90_incremental_1
alpha_1_15_91
release_1_14
release_1_15
release_1_15_1
release_1_16
release_1_16_1
release_1_17
release_1_18
release_1_19
release_1_20
release_1_21
release_1_22
release_1_23
release_1_24
release_1_26
release_1_27
release_1_27_1
release_1_28
release_1_29
Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d
- Database specific
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Show details
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