Security update for gnome-autoar

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:0664-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-36241 ( SUSE ): 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2020-36241 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gnome-autoar fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-36241: Skip problematic files that might be extracted outside of the destination dir to prevent potential directory traversal (bsc#1181930).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2021-664=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 12-SP5 (x86_64)
    • libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0-debuginfo-0.2.2-3.5.1
    • libgnome-autoar-0-0-0.2.2-3.5.1
    • gnome-autoar-debugsource-0.2.2-3.5.1
    • libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0-0.2.2-3.5.1
    • libgnome-autoar-0-0-debuginfo-0.2.2-3.5.1

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