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GLSA-201702-32 : Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar: Directory traversal

high Nessus Plugin ID 97344

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201702-32 (Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar: Directory traversal)

 Michal Marek discovered that Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user or an automated system to process a specially crafted archive using Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar possibly allowing the writing of arbitrary files with the privileges of the process.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Ruby Archive::Tar::Minitar users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-ruby/archive-tar-minitar-0.6.1'

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97344

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-32.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 2/23/2017

Updated: 12/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:archive-tar-minitar, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10173

GLSA: 201702-32