Specially crafted tar file can grant access to restricted files or directories
CVE-2024-0406

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Mholt
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 3
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4
Red Hat Openshift Container Platform 4
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 April 2024

Summary

A flaw was discovered in the mholt/archiver package. This flaw allows an attacker to create a specially crafted tar file, which, when unpacked, may allow access to restricted files or directories. This issue can allow the creation or overwriting of files with the user's or application's privileges using the library.

Affected Version(s)

mholt 4

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0406
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257749
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

This issue was discovered by Stefan Cornelius (Red Hat).
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