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CVE-2020-11736

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Description

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.

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4332-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-06

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00013.html

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/21dfcdbfe258984db89fb65243a1a888924e45a0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-04-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00056

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