Vulnerability in Gnome File-Roller
CVE-2020-36314
fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736.
EPSS: 0.006 (45.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Gnome File-roller
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-36314?
- CVE-2020-36314 is a low-severity vulnerability in Gnome File-Roller, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2021-04-07.
- How severe is CVE-2020-36314?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-36314 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.