UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36241

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36241

    Published: 5 Feb 2021Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-36241
    Aliases:
    USN-4733-1

    Summary:

    Details: autoar-extractor.c in GNOME gnome-autoar through 0.2.4, as used by GNOME Shell, Nautilus, and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36241, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4733-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36241

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gnome-autoar

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.2-1
    0.2.2-2
    0.2.2-3
    0.2.3-1

    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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