CVE-2021-28650

gnome-autoar: Directory traversal via directory symbolic links pointing outside of the destination directory (incomplete CVE-2020-36241 fix)

Published Mar 17, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15319 autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4937-1 GNOME Autoar vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:47 PM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 17, 2021, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:46 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Mar 1, 2021, 12:00 AM