FKIE_CVE-2016-7162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-09-26 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:52
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The _g_file_remove_directory function in file-utils.c in File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.newsThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.newsBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.20/file-roller-3.20.3.newsThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ftp.gnome.org/mirror/gnome.org/sources/file-roller/3.21/file-roller-3.21.90.newsBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92896Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3074-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698554Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.gnome.org/browse/file-roller/commit/?id=f70be1f41688859ec8dbe266df35a1839ceb96c5Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
file_roller_project file_roller 3.5.4
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.0
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.1
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.1.1
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.2
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.3
file_roller_project file_roller 3.6.4
file_roller_project file_roller 3.8.0
file_roller_project file_roller 3.8.1
file_roller_project file_roller 3.8.2
file_roller_project file_roller 3.8.3
file_roller_project file_roller 3.9.0
file_roller_project file_roller 3.9.1
file_roller_project file_roller 3.9.2
file_roller_project file_roller 3.9.3
file_roller_project file_roller 3.10
file_roller_project file_roller 3.15
file_roller_project file_roller 3.20
file_roller_project file_roller 3.20.1
file_roller_project file_roller 3.20.2
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