CVE-2020-36314

LOW

GNOME file-roller < 3.38.0 - Directory Traversal via Symlink Parent Check Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/108

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/e970f4966bf388f6e7c277357c8b186c645683ae

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6KJBZVCHQ4SSX2JAJZVJ5J4P3GEMXJ75/

Scores

CVSS v3 3.9

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

fedoraproject/fedora 34

gnome/file-roller < 3.38.0

Published Apr 07, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026