UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10173

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173

Upstream

CVE-2016-10173

Published

2017-02-01T15:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:18:45.620271Z

Severity

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
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby-archive-tar-minitar

Package

Name: ruby-archive-tar-minitar
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-archive-tar-minitar@0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.2-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-archive-tar-minitar",
            "binary_version": "0.5.2-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10173.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ruby-minitar