| Name | CVE-2021-28650 |
| Description | autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar before 0.3.1, 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 in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241. |
| 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 | 985391 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome-autoar (PTS) | bullseye | 0.2.4-3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.4.3-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.4.5-1 | 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 | experimental | 0.3.1-1 | |||
| gnome-autoar | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| gnome-autoar | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| gnome-autoar | source | (unstable) | 0.4.0-1 | 985391 |
[bullseye] - gnome-autoar <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - gnome-autoar <not-affected> (Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241 not applied)
[stretch] - gnome-autoar <not-affected> (Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241 not applied)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/issues/12
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/8109c368c6cfdb593faaf698c2bf5da32bb1ace4
Issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-36241.
Two followup/regression patches:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/135053d5d3a0320891cf2e2ad4684b648bb46fc8
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-autoar/-/commit/b9590ab77b70e74e9deffd2af6c32908dc3c5aaf