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CVE-2020-11736 json

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whethe…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4078

cvss
3.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.36.1 allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink to a directory outside of the intended extraction location.

Patch / fix

  • file-roller Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.36.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11736

  • file-roller Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.4
  • file-roller Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.2
  • file-roller Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11736

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • file-roller RHEL 8 3.28.1-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4820

  • file-roller SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 3.26.2-4.5.1
  • file-roller SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +1 more 3.20.3-15.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1557-1SUSE-SU-2020:1505-1

  • file-roller openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.40.0-3.2
  • file-roller openSUSE Leap 15.1 3.26.2-lp151.4.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10756-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0825-1

  • file-roller AlmaLinux 8 3.28.1-4.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2021:4179

  • file-roller Rocky Linux 8 3.28.1-3.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4820

  • file-roller Arch Linux 3.36.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1780

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-11736 updated cvss 3.9

file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 file-roller Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 file-roller
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 file-roller, file-roller-nautilus
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) file-roller 3.28.1-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4820

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 3.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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