MGASA-2021-0111

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    MGASA-2021-0111

    Published: 4 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-36241

    Summary: Updated gnome-autoar packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Yiğit Can Yılmaz discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside of the intended directory. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially crafted archive, a remote attacker could create files in arbitrary locations, possibly leading to code execution (CVE-2020-36241).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0111.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28454, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4733-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnome-autoar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/gnome-autoar?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.3-2.1.mga7

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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