Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DLA |
DLA-690-1 | tar security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3702-1 | tar security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3132-1 | tar vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-08-06T21:12:29.246Z
Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-6321
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:18.337Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2016-12-09T22:59:00.170
Modified: 2025-08-06T22:15:28.107
Link: CVE-2016-6321
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN