CVE-2020-36241

gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory

Published Feb 5, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-23786 autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4733-1 GNOME Autoar vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 5:23 PM
Reserved
Feb 5, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 5, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:15 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 6, 2020, 12:00 AM