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CVE-2020-36314

Published: 7 April 2021

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
file-roller
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

bionic
Released (3.28.0-1ubuntu1.3)
hirsute
Released (3.38.1-1)
focal
Released (3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1)
groovy
Released (3.38.0-1ubuntu0.1)
xenial
Released (3.16.5-0ubuntu1.5)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.9
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L