Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	busybox	>=0 <1:1.27.2-1	1:1.27.2-1
debian 13	busybox	>=0 <1:1.27.2-1	1:1.27.2-1
debian 14	busybox	>=0 <1:1.27.2-1	1:1.27.2-1
debian 11	busybox	>=0 <1:1.27.2-1	1:1.27.2-1
rpm rhel5	busybox	-	-
rpm rhel6	busybox	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2011-53252. NVD-2011-53253. OSV-DEBIAN-2011-53254. OSV-2011-53255. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2011-5325

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