CVE-2016-6321 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-6321 PUBLISHED

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.

EPSS 11.14% · 93.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

11.14%

93.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	tar	0, 1.26+dfsg-8, 1.27-3
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	tar	0, 1.27.1-2, 1.28-2ubuntu1

Timeline

Oct 28, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6321 third-party-advisory
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.txt third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3132-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6321 third-party-advisory

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