CVE-2016-6321
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22
Path Traversal
Publication date:
09/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
- 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://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
- 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://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
- 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://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
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt