PT-2017-10736 · Chef · Mixlib-Archive

Published 2017-07-13 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2017-1000026

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older

Description The issue allows attackers to perform a directory traversal attack, enabling them to overwrite arbitrary files by using .. in tar archive entries. This can lead to unauthorized modifications of the system.

Recommendations For mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older, update to a version newer than 0.3.0 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of tar archive entries that contain .. to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000026

DSA-3915-1

GHSA-98WX-CW86-C97X

Affected Products

Mixlib-Archive

References · 18

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mixlib-archive/CVE-2017-1000026.yml · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ruby-mixlib-archive · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000026 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000026 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3915-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000026 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000026 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3915-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md · Note
• https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/pull/6 · Note