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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28650

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28650 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13gnome-autoar0, 0, 0
Debian:14gnome-autoar0, 0, 0
Debian:12gnome-autoar0, 0, 0
Debian:11gnome-autoar0.4.2-1, 0.4.3-1, 0.4.4-1

Timeline

  • Mar 17, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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