A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cauldron cbang up to 1.5.x. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file tar/TarFileReader.cpp. The manipulation as part of a TAR Archive leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

tar/TarFileReader.cpp in Cauldron cbang (aka C-Bang or C!) before 1.6.0 allows Directory Traversal during extraction from a TAR archive.

The weakness was published 07/23/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-15908 since 07/23/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 1.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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