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CVE-2016-6321 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=7340f67b9860ea0531c1450e5aa261c50f67165d CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-10/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139370/GNU-tar-1.29-Extract-Pathname-Bypass.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/102 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/96 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3702 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3132-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://sintonen.fi/advisories/tar-extract-pathname-bypass.proper.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6321
NVD Published Date:
12/09/2016
NVD Last Modified:
08/06/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.