GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x mixlib-archive Path Traversal vulnerability

HIGH Published 2022-05-13 Modified 2023-01-27 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-1000026
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
mixlib-archive
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2023-01-27

Affected packages

• RubyGems mixlib-archive: < 0.4.0 → fixed in 0.4.0

Description

Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using `..` in tar archive entries

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-1000026 Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References