CVE-2020-36241 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can exploit a directory traversal vulnerability in gnome-autoar to write files outside the intended extraction directory, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-36241?
CVE-2020-36241 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 5 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36241?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (3)
gnome-autoar SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 | All versions | 0.2.3-3.3.1 |
gnome-autoar SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | All versions | 0.2.2-3.5.1 |
gnome-autoar openSUSE:Leap 15.2 | All versions | 0.2.3-lp152.4.3.1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Gnome-Autoar.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36241?
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-2020-36241 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36241 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2023-UR27020, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36241, GHSA-vm56-hj47-795x, MGASA-2021-0111, OESA-2021-1108, SUSE-SU-2021:0664-1 and 4 more.