UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38511

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38511
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38511
Related
Published
2021-08-10T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-04-23T15:11:58Z
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

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-tar@0.4.26-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.26-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-tar@0.4.37-3?arch=source&distro=jammy

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
0.4.37-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-tar@0.4.40-1?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.40-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-tar@0.4.40-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.38-2
0.4.40-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rust-tar

Package

Name
rust-tar
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rust-tar@0.4.43-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.40-1
0.4.43-1
0.4.43-2
0.4.43-3
0.4.43-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}