An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0077 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2019-16680:
    An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

    CVE-2020-11736:
    fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction     because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended     extraction location.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction. (CVE-2019-16680)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2020:4820 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction. (CVE-2019-16680)

  - fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction     because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended     extraction location. (CVE-2020-11736)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the file-roller packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before     3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly     overwriting a file during extraction.(CVE-2019-16680)

  - fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through     3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction     because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is     a symlink to a directory outside of the intended     extraction location.(CVE-2020-11736)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has file-roller packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction. (CVE-2019-16680)

  - fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction     because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended     extraction location. (CVE-2020-11736)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4820 advisory.

  - file-roller: path traversal vulnerability via a specially crafted filename contained in malicious archive     (CVE-2019-16680)

  - file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory     (CVE-2020-11736)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the file-roller packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before     3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a     filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly     overwriting a file during extraction.(CVE-2019-16680)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4820 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2020-11736 (#1827395)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4820 advisory.

    File Roller is an application for creating and viewing archives files, such as tar or zip files.

    Security Fix(es):

    * file-roller: path traversal vulnerability via a specially crafted filename contained in malicious     archive (CVE-2019-16680)

    * file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory     (CVE-2020-11736)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal     vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's     parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).

  - CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability     which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during     extraction (bsc#1151585). 

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).

CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during extraction (bsc#1151585).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues :

CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during extraction (bsc#1151585).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 3.14.1-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your file-roller packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that file-roller, an archive manager for GNOME, does not properly handle the extraction of archives with a single ./../ in a file path. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite files if a user is dragging a specific file or map to a location to extract to.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4139-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that File Roller incorrectly handled certain TAR files. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to overwrite sensitive files during extraction.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
236493	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0077: file-roller (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0077)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	medium
222409	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-16680	Nessus	Misc.	medium
184912	Rocky Linux 8 : file-roller (RLSA-2020:4820)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
149137	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : file-roller (EulerOS-SA-2021-1783)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
147323	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : file-roller Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0068)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
146644	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : file-roller (EulerOS-SA-2021-1294)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
145860	CentOS 8 : file-roller (CESA-2020:4820)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
144258	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : file-roller (EulerOS-SA-2020-2545)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
142761	Oracle Linux 8 : file-roller (ELSA-2020-4820)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
142386	RHEL 8 : file-roller (RHSA-2020:4820)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
138689	openSUSE Security Update : file-roller (openSUSE-2020-825)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
137595	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : file-roller (SUSE-SU-2020:1557-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
135965	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : file-roller (SUSE-SU-2020:1088-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
129474	Debian DLA-1938-1 : file-roller security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
129415	Debian DSA-4537-1 : file-roller - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
129384	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : File Roller vulnerability (USN-4139-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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