Path traversal in file-roller - CVE-2020-11736

Vulnerability identifier: #VU27028

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11736

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

file-roller
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Opensuse
Ubuntu
openEuler
file-roller (Ubuntu package)
file-roller (Red Hat package)
file-roller
file-roller-debuginfo
file-roller-debugsource
file-roller-nautilus

Install update from vendor's website.

file-roller - update to 3.36.2
file-roller (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4, 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2, 3.32.2-1ubuntu0.1, 3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1
file-roller (Red Hat package) - update to 3.28.1-3.el8
file-roller - update to 3.30.1-3
file-roller-debuginfo - update to 3.30.1-3
file-roller-debugsource - update to 3.30.1-3
file-roller-nautilus - update to 3.30.1-3

• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00013.html

• Path traversal in Gnome file-roller
• Ubuntu update for File Roller
• OpenSUSE Linux update for file-roller
• Gentoo update for GNOME File Roller
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for file-roller
• Ubuntu update for file-roller
• openEuler update for file-roller