Debian: DSA-3778-1: ruby-archive-tar-minitar security update
Debian: DSA-3778-1: ruby-archive-tar-minitar security update
Michal Marek discovered that ruby-archive-tar-minitar, a Ruby library that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar archive files, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3778-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 31, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : ruby-archive-tar-minitar CVE ID : CVE-2016-10173 Debian Bug : 853249 Michal Marek discovered that ruby-archive-tar-minitar, a Ruby library that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar archive files, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) in an extracted filename. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.2-2+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-archive-tar-minitar packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.