USN-3074-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3074-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3074-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3074-1
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Published
2016-09-08T21:35:29.016773Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:18Z
Summary
file-roller vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted archive, an attacker could delete files outside of the extraction directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / file-roller

Package

Name
file-roller
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.10.0-0ubuntu1
3.10.1-0ubuntu1
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu1
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu2
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu3
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4
3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.10.2.1-0ubuntu4.2",
            "binary_name": "file-roller"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-7162"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file-roller

Package

Name
file-roller
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.16.4-1ubuntu3
3.16.5-0ubuntu1
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "file-roller"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-7162"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}