CVE-2021-38511

HIGH

7.5

Description

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/10/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

tar_project:tar

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md(cve@mitre.org)

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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