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CVE-2020-7669: Path Traversal

September 1, 2020 (updated September 8, 2020)

The package github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/tarutil is vulnerable to both leading and non-leading relative path traversal attacks in tar file extraction.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7669

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Affected versions

All versions

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

go/github.com/u-root/u-root/pkg/uzip/CVE-2020-7669.yml

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