GNOME file-roller up to 3.36.1 fr-archive-libarchive.c path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in GNOME file-roller up to 3.36.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file fr-archive-libarchive.c. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-11736. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in GNOME file-roller up to 3.36.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file fr-archive-libarchive.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

The weakness was released 04/13/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-11736 since 04/13/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239871 (TencentOS Server 3: file-roller (TSSA-2022:0077)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239871). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• GNOME

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• file-roller

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• 3.36.0
• 3.36.1

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.gnome.org/

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