CVE-2016-6321
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6321
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6321.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6321
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-12-09T22:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-19T00:35:53.553741Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Directory traversal vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
- References
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- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E