VDB
CVE-2016-6321
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 14.26% · 94.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
14.26%
94.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | tar | 0, 1.26+dfsg-8, 1.27.1-1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | tar | 1.27.1-2, 1.28-2ubuntu1, 1.28-2.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html (nist-nvd)
- 20161030 [CSS] POINTYFEATHER / tar extract pathname bypass (CVE-2016-6321) - patch update (circl)
- 93937 (circl)
- GLSA-201611-19 (circl)
- 20161026 [CSS] POINTYFEATHER / tar extract pathname bypass (CVE-2016-6321) (circl)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d (circl)
- [bug-tar] 20161029 Re: [Bug-tar] possible fixes for CVE-2016-6321 (circl)
- DSA-3702 (circl)
- https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt (circl)
- USN-3132-1 (circl)
…and 2 more exploits
Timeline
- Oct 28, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2023 EPSS Score
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