CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-38511

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-10 11:15

Updated : 2022-06-28 02:11

NVD link : CVE-2021-38511

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38511

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59