| Name | CVE-2020-36241 |
| Description | autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 982737 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-autoar (PTS) | buster | 0.2.3-2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 0.2.4-3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 0.4.3-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.4.4-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-autoar | source | (unstable) | 0.2.4-3 | 982737 |
[buster] - gnome-autoar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - gnome-autoar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/adb067e645732fdbe7103516e506d09eb6a54429
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/issues/7
Regression fix: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/cc4e8b7ccc973ac69d75a7423fbe1bcdc51e2cb3
When fixing the issue make sure to apply as well the followup fix:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/8109c368c6cfdb593faaf698c2bf5da32bb1ace4
to not open CVE-2021-28650.