CVE-2016-10173

Published: Feb 1, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.

Affected (2)

Products: Minitar: Archive Tar Minitar, Minitar

Minitar

2 products

Archive Tar Minitar

Minitar

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Minitar Archive Tar Minitar	Up to 0.5.2
Minitar Minitar	Up to 0.5.4

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (16)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778