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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-11736

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 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.

LOW 3.9EPSS 0.77%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 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.

CVSS 3.1
3.9 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.77% probability · 54th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-59
Affected
gnome/file-roller · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.