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Gentoo GLSA-202009-06 Normal: GNOME File Roller Directory Issue

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
An issue related to path traversal within GNOME File Roller, identified in Gentoo GLSA 202009-06, highlights specific vulnerabilities and provides corresponding mitigations.
A vulnerability in GNOME File Roller could lead to a directory traversal attack.

Summary

It was discovered that GNOME File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo directory traversal normal GNOME File Roller

Resolution

All GNOME File Roller users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/file-roller-3.36.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-11736 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11736

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-06
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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: GNOME File Roller: Directory traversal
Date: September 13, 2020
Bugs: #717362
ID: 202009-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo directory traversal normal GNOME File Roller

Synopsis

A vulnerability in GNOME File Roller could lead to a directory traversal attack.

Background

File Roller is an archive manager for the GNOME desktop environment.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/file-roller < 3.36.3 >= 3.36.3

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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