DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38511

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38511
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38511
Upstream
Published
2021-08-10T23:15:07.237Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:15:44.890951Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.26-1
0.4.37-1
0.4.37-2
0.4.37-3
0.4.38-1
0.4.38-2
0.4.40-1
0.4.43-1
0.4.43-2
0.4.43-3
0.4.43-4
0.4.44-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.37-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}