chef/mixlib-archive · Security
mixlib-archive Path Traversal vulnerability
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-1000026
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using .. in tar archive entries
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000026 ↗
- https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md ↗
- https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6 ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mixlib-archive/CVE-2017-1000026.yml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x ↗