Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2016-6321 First vendor Publication 2016-12-09
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6321

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 21

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-06 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-25 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2895-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-25 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-2896-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-23 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201611-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-23 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-22 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3132-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3702.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-01 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-690.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937
CONFIRM http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5...
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
FULLDISC http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
MISC http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Byp...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db560...
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61...
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt
MLIST http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1

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2023-02-13 09:27:53
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2021-06-30 00:23:00
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2021-06-29 21:23:23
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2021-06-28 21:23:19
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2021-05-04 12:52:40
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2021-04-22 02:04:47
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2020-05-23 00:52:33
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2017-07-01 09:23:43
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2017-01-07 09:25:56
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2016-12-14 21:24:22
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2016-12-10 01:06:33
  • First insertion