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GLSA-201611-19 : Tar: Extract pathname bypass

🗓️ 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Tar vulnerability allows pathname bypas

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201611-19.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(95270);
  script_version("3.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6321");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201611-19");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201611-19 : Tar: Extract pathname bypass");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201611-19
(Tar: Extract pathname bypass)

    Tar attempts to avoid path traversal attacks by removing offending parts
      of the element name at extract. This sanitizing leads to a vulnerability
      where the attacker can bypass the path name(s) specified on the command
      line.
  
Impact :

    The attacker can create a crafted tar archive that, if extracted by the
      victim, replaces files and directories the victim has access to in the
      target directory, regardless of the path name(s) specified on the command
      line.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All Tar users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/tar-1.29-r1'");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-6321");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2026 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-arch/tar", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.29-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.29-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Tar");
}

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