CVE-2016-7162 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7162?

CVE-2016-7162 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 26 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The _g_file_remove_directory function in file-utils.c in File Roller 3.5.4 through 3.20.2 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a folder in an archive.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7162?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, File Roller Project File Roller.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7162?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-7162 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7162 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7162, GHSA-g3mg-grgw-vqfv, MGASA-2016-0313, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7162, USN-3074-1.