CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-1000026

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Versions 0.3.0 and older of mixlib-archive from Chef Software are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using '..' in tar archive entries.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to overwrite critical files in the system, potentially leading to data loss or system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update mixlib-archive to a version newer than 0.3.0 to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Chef Software's mixlib-archive versions 0.3.0 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using ".." in tar archive entries

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS