whyrusleeping tar-utils path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in whyrusleeping tar-utils. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-36566. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in whyrusleeping tar-utils (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Due to improper path santization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

The weakness was released 12/28/2022 as 20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-36566 since 07/29/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Patch: 20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227

Timelineinfo

07/29/2022 🔍
12/28/2022 +152 days 🔍
12/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2025 +835 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 20a61371de5b51380bbdb0c7935b30b0625ac227
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-36566 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216946

Entryinfo

Created: 12/28/2022 09:40
Updated: 04/11/2025 19:34
Changes: 12/28/2022 09:40 (40), 01/25/2023 14:32 (11), 04/11/2025 19:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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