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    CVE-2021-38511

    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.

    Published:Sep 10, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Aug 10, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.0034
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Tar Project
    Product
    Tar

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High