CVE-2016-6321

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6321
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-09T22:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:50:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.15.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.27.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d Issue Tracking Patch
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6321
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6321
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:17:26 2016-12-09T22:59Z 2016-12-09T22:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:26 2021-06-29T15:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:17:26 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-13 05:07:27 2023-02-13T04:50:12 CVE Modified Date updated