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
Related
Published
2017-02-01T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:17Z
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
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"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ruby-minitar

Package

Name
ruby-minitar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-minitar@0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.4-2
0.5.4-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-archive-tar-minitar",
            "binary_version": "0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-minitar",
            "binary_version": "0.5.4-3.1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}