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Gentoo GLSA 201702-32: Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar Normal Directory Risk

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2017
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Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

Summary

Michal Marek discovered that Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo directory traversal ruby archive tar

Resolution

All Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar-0.6.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10173 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10173

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar: Directory traversal
Date: February 22, 2017
Bugs: #607110
ID: 201702-32

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo directory traversal ruby archive tar

Synopsis

Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

Background

Archive::Tar::Minitar is a pure-Ruby library and command-line utility that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar(1) archive files.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar < 0.6.1 >= 0.6.1

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user or an automated system to process a specially crafted archive using Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar possibly allowing the writing of arbitrary files with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.