{"id":"USN-3132-1","summary":"tar vulnerability","details":"Harry Sintonen discovered that tar incorrectly handled extracting files\nwhen path names are specified on the command line. If a user or automated\nsystem were tricked into processing a specially crafted archive, an\nattacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:03Z","published":"2016-11-21T18:08:41Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6321"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6321","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6321"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3132-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6321"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tar","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tar@1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.26+dfsg-8","1.27-3","1.27-4","1.27.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tar"},{"binary_version":"1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tar-scripts"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3132-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6321"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"tar","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tar@1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.27.1-2","1.28-2ubuntu1","1.28-2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tar"},{"binary_version":"1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"tar-scripts"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3132-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2016-6321"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}