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CVE-2020-36241 Details

Description

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/issues/7 CVEExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BN5TVQ7OHZEGY6AGFLAZWCVCI53RYNHQ/ CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-10 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429 [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
gnome gnome-autoar
<= 0.2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-autoar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
34

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-36241
NVD Published Date:
Feb 5, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]