# CVE-2019-16680: An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME file-roller before 3.29.91. It allows a single ./../ path traversal via a filename contained in a TAR archive, possibly overwriting a file during extraction.

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794337
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/57268e51e59b61c9e3125eb0f65551c7084297e2
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/commit/e8fb3e24dae711e4fb0d6777e0016cdda8787bc1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4139-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4537
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/57
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00032.html

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