MGASA-2021-0274

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    MGASA-2021-0274

    Published: 23 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-28650

    Summary: Updated gnome-autoar packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: gnome-autoar: directory traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations (CVE-2021-28650). Also the previous update (Bug 28454) introduced a regression, fixed here.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0274.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28884, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28454, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4733-2, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/2T2WNK5MCCXX7Y5LGNP6SJYIBL7ADKHD/

    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 -0.3.1-1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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