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SUSE: 2021:0687-1 Moderate: gnome-autoar Directory Traversal

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Calendar Grey March 2, 2021
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for gnome-autoar resolves a significant weakness, improving overall system protection and trustworthiness.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for gnome-autoar fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-36241: Skip problematic files that might be extracted outside of the destination dir to prevent potential directory traversal (bsc#1181930). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2021-687=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): gnome-autoar-debuginfo-0.2.3-3.3.1 gnome-autoar-debugsource-0.2.3-3.3.1 gnome-autoar-devel-0.2.3-3.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update directory traversal SUSE Linux gnome-autoar

References

#1181930

Cross- CVE-2020-36241

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-36241 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2020-36241 (SUSE): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36241.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1181930

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0687-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue update directory traversal SUSE Linux gnome-autoar

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