Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-10173 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue affects the versions of rubygem-archive-tar-minitar as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update will not address this issue as the software is planned to be removed in a future version of Satellite 6.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | Will not fix |
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