GHSA-xx64-wwv2-hcqq: astral-tokio-tar: `unpack_in` can chmod arbitrary directories by following symlinks
In versions 0.6.0 and earlier of astral-tokio-tar, the unpack_in API could inadvertently modify the permissions of external (i.e. non-archive) directories outside of the archive. An attacker could use this to contrite a tar archive that maliciously changes directory permissions outside of its intended hierarchy. This flaw only affects directories; individual file permissions cannot be modified via it.
See GHSA-j4xf-2g29-59ph for the equivalent flaw in the tar crate.
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