CVE-2021-38511 — Link Following in Project TAR

CWE-59 — Link FollowingCWE-22 — Path Traversal8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
TAR Project TARGNU TAR
Timeline
PublishedAug 10
Latest updateAug 25

Description

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶crates.iognu/tar0.0.0-0 — 0.4.36+1
▶NVDtar_project/tar< 0.4.36

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Links in archive can create arbitrary directories↗2021-08-25
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OSV
Links in archive can create arbitrary directories↗2021-08-25
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OSV
CVE-2021-38511: An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0↗2021-08-10
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CVEList
CVE-2021-38511: An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0↗2021-08-10
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OSV
Links in archive can create arbitrary directories↗2021-07-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2021-38511: rust-tar - An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks a...↗2021
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Red Hat
tar-crate: links in archive can create arbitrary directories↗2020-09-10
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