SB2020110424 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for file-roller
Published: November 4, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16680)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software allows a single path traversal sequence to be present in the TAR file name. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted archive and overwrite arbitrary files located one directory above the current file location.
2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11736)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in "fr-archive-libarchive.c" file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.