VDB
CVE-2016-10173
CVE-2016-10173
PUBLISHED
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
EPSS 2.92% · 86.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.92%
86.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ruby-minitar | 0, 0.5.4-2, 0.5.4-3 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | ruby-archive-tar-minitar | 0, 0.5.2-2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 (nist-nvd)
- [oss-security] 20170124 CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerability (circl)
- GLSA-201702-32 (circl)
- 95874 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20170129 Re: CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerability (circl)
- DSA-3778 (circl)
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173 (circl)
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 (circl)
Timeline
- Feb 1, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2023 CVE Updated
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10173 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021740 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10173 third-party-advisory