USN-4139-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4139-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4139-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4139-1
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Published
2019-09-25T12:05:51.292242Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:56Z
Summary
file-roller vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled certain TAR files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite sensitive files during extraction.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / file-roller

Package

Name
file-roller
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3

Affected versions

3.*

3.16.4-1ubuntu3
3.16.5-0ubuntu1
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.1
3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "file-roller",
            "binary_version": "3.16.5-0ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2019-16680"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / file-roller

Package

Name
file-roller
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/file-roller@3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.26.1-0ubuntu1
3.26.2-0ubuntu1
3.26.2-3ubuntu1
3.28.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "file-roller",
            "binary_version": "3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2019-16680"
        }
    ]
}