Path Traversal in Minitar Archive-Tar-Minitar
CVE-2016-10173
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778 (vendor-advisory)
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10173?
- CVE-2016-10173 is a high-severity vulnerability in Minitar Archive-Tar-Minitar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-02-01.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10173?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-10173 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.