CVE-2017-1000026 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2017-07-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:progress:mixlib-archive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3915-1	ruby-mixlib-archive security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3332	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
Github GHSA	GHSA-98wx-cw86-c97x	mixlib-archive Path Traversal vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00159.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/chef/mixlib-archive/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

History

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Subscriptions

Progress Mixlib-archive

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-13T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:53:06.317Z

Reserved: 2017-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000026

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-17T13:18:16.733

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000026

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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