{"id":"MGASA-2017-0060","summary":"Updated ruby-archive-tar-minitar packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and\narchive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write\nto arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.\n(CVE-2016-10173)\n\nMoreover the updated packages replace deprecated require_gem by gem to\nmake minitar work.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:45:26.576410295Z","published":"2017-02-20T22:19:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-10173"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0060.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20317"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lwn.net/Alerts/713128/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby-archive-tar-minitar","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby-archive-tar-minitar?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.5.2-14.2.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0060.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}