mholt archiver 3.x TAR File path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in mholt archiver 3.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component TAR File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-0406. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in mholt archiver 3.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component TAR File Handler. 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:

A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges using the library.

The weakness was released 02/01/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-0406 since 01/10/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278653 (openSUSE 16 Security Update : hauler (openSUSE-SU-2025-20160-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (278653). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• mholt

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• archiver

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• 3.x

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