{"id":"USN-4937-1","summary":"gnome-autoar vulnerability","details":"Ondrej Holy discovered that GNOME Autoar could extract files outside of the\nintended directory. If a user were tricked into extracting a specially\ncrafted archive, a remote attacker could create files in arbitrary\nlocations, possibly leading to code execution.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T10:27:56.414097Z","published":"2021-05-06T11:15:45Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28650"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-28650","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28650"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4937-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28650"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gnome-autoar","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-autoar@0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["0.2.2-1","0.2.2-2","0.2.2-3","0.2.3-1","0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1","0.2.3-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-gnomeautoar-0.1","binary_version":"0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-gnomeautoargtk-0.1","binary_version":"0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"libgnome-autoar-0-0","binary_version":"0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0","binary_version":"0.2.3-1ubuntu0.3"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2021-28650","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4937-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gnome-autoar","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/gnome-autoar@0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["0.2.3-2","0.2.3-2ubuntu0.1","0.2.3-2ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-gnomeautoar-0.1","binary_version":"0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_name":"gir1.2-gnomeautoargtk-0.1","binary_version":"0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3"},{"binary_version":"0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3","binary_name":"libgnome-autoar-0-0"},{"binary_name":"libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0","binary_version":"0.2.3-2ubuntu0.3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2021-28650","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4937-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}