UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000026

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000026

    Published: 17 Jul 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025

    Summary:

    Details: Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." in tar archive entries

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000026, https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6, https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6/commits/3a874a24aed6ee93fbccf97efe0ecc999bafe87d, https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000026

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-mixlib-archive

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.4.1-1

    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