GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw/GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-62jx-8vmh-4mcw
- Aliases
- Published
- 2021-08-25T20:58:23Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-08T04:06:27.878399Z
- 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
- Links in archive can create arbitrary directories
- Details
-
When unpacking a tarball that contains a symlink the tar crate may create directories outside of the directory it's supposed to unpack into. The function errors when it's trying to create a file, but the folders are already created at this point.
- Database specific
{ "severity": "HIGH", "github_reviewed": true, "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22" ], "nvd_published_at": "2021-08-10T23:15:00Z", "github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-18T20:08:23Z" }- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38511
- https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/issues/238
- https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/pull/259
- https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html
Affected packages
crates.io / tar
Package
- Name
- tar
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- Purl
- pkg:cargo/tar