CVE-2020-36314

NameCVE-2020-36314
Descriptionfr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
file-roller (PTS)bullseye3.38.1-1fixed
bookworm43.0-1fixed
sid, trixie44.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
file-rollersource(unstable)3.38.1-1

Notes

[buster] - file-roller <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - file-roller <postponed> (Minor issue; can be fixed in next update)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/e970f4966bf388f6e7c277357c8b186c645683ae
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/108

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