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Unscored USN-4733-2 0 CVEs

gnome-autoar regression

Published Mar 8, 2021 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4733-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNOME Autoar. The upstream fix
introduced a regression when extracting archives containing directories.
This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

Yiğit Can Yılmaz discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside
of the intended directory. If a user were tricked into extracting a
specially crafted archive, a remote attacker could create files in
arbitrary locations, possibly leading to code execution.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS gnome-autoar 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS gnome-autoar 0.2.3-2ubuntu0.2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1917812