DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38511

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38511

    Published: 10 Aug 2021Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38511

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38511

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rust-tar

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rust-tar?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.4.37-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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