rubygem-archive-tar-minitar: Directory traversal during archive extraction
Published Feb 1, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.70%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.5.2
- ≤ 0.5.4
No data.
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
rubygem-archive-tar-minitar
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6
ruby193-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of rubygem-archive-tar-minitar as shipped with Red Hat Satellite 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update will not address this issue as the software is planned to be removed in a future version of Satellite 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.70% (0.04703) | 91.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.74% (0.04742) | 90.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 2.92% (0.02922) | 85.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 4.13% (0.04125) | 87.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06322) | 90.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.79% (0.08788) | 87.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06322) | 90.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 76.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 74.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 71.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10173 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417578 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5g2-38x9-4gv3 Advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10173
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170214020917/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207111726/https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10173
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